Communications Procedures
For drone operations, the reference point for the "12 o'clock" position.
What is the direction that the pilot is facing?
The flight situation during which a remote pilot is permitted to deviate from any part of 14 CFR Part 107.
What is during an emergency?
CRM
What is Crew Resource Management?
The type of Aviation Medical Exam required under Part 107 to operate a drone professionally.
What is no medical exam is required?
The immediate action to be taken by an sUAS PIC if unexpected maintenance issues arise during flight
What is cease flight operations?
The correct way to communicate verbally to ATC that your drone is at an altitude exactly 500 feet below that top of class C airspace.
What is "three thousand, five hundred feet"?
The liquid, which is commonly used to put out fires, that should not be used to put out a LiPo battery fire.
What is water?
The accurate perception and understanding of all risk element factors and conditions during an operation.
What is situational awareness?
Hyperventilation is caused by a lack of this.
What is carbon dioxide?
The best source of information for a PIC on the best maintenance procedures for any drone.
What are the manufacturers guidelines?
An important action to be taken by a crew member after receiving instructions over the radio.
What is to read back the instructions?
The common memory aid to help pilots prioritize their decision making during an emergency.
What is aviate, navigate, communicate?
"It could happen to me."
What is the antidote for invulnerability?
The physiological impairment taht results from sleep loss, exercise, or physical work.
What is fatigue?
A document which, when regularly updated, will help a PIC or drone owner keep the drone properly maintained.
What is a maintenance record?
SRM
What is the acronym for Single-Pilot Resource Management?
A chain reaction in which heat or a fault in on e cell of a battery causes the next cell to become unstable, resulting in disintegration of the entire battery.
What is thermal runaway?
The words that each of the letters represent in the PAVE memory aid for safe flight planning.
What are Pilot, Aircraft, Environment, and External Pressures?
A sloping cloud formation, an aurora borealis, or dark scene spread with ground lights and stars
What are causes of a "false horizon."
The recommended frequency that a drone owner or operator should conduct a simple inspection of a UAS beyond that of a normal preflight inspection.
What is every 5 flights or 15 days?
When using a radio, this approach to terminology use and word choice allows for fast, clear communication of mission data.
What is standard phraseology?
The circumstances in which a remote pilot must report deviations from the rules covered in Part 107 as the result of dealing with an emergency.
What is when asked to do so by the FAA?
The three word memory aid that represents the constant loop of the action-reaction process.
What is perceive, process, and perform?
The minimum number of alcoholic drinks that could result in impaired vision and decision making.
What is one?
This common UAS maintenance action should be done at room temperature, not done too quickly, and only done with manufacturer's recommended equipment.
What is charging a battery?