FAA Part 107 Drone Exam: Airspace 

Kenny thanks for sharing. I am going to use baby rain for br when teaching it to my students now. That is super helpful way to remember that!

Thanks for that. It's 2:30a.m. and I'm studying trying to come up with those type memory tags. I was on B-Bold Blue. D-Dashed. But Yours are better ty

Im glad I'm not the only one who noticed that.

Yes, I thought I was going crazy too. Thanks for catching that. Add TWO zeros, not three.

Thanks ADV! Glad it was helpful!

Saved me a comment.

Thank you I noticed the same and became concerned there were other mistakes I didn't know to be incorrect. Thanks again for verifying that the rest is correct.

@@mrj5744 No problem...Have you taken your Part 107 test yet? I took mine in August of 2022 and passed with a 93%. I got tripped up on "Weight & Balance" questions on fixed wing aircraft. I didn't spend much time on the section and it cost me...I was hoping to ace it...Oh well, still passed.

Yeah he did the same with 18,000. He called it 18hundred.

Great job!

Good luck Marc! Let me know how you do

@@MrMigsClassroom Thanks

@@MrMigsClassroom Passed the test. Thanks for info.

CB, class E is a bit complex. Echo starts at 1200 AGL by default even if no airports or other airspace is nearby. So if you are in the middle of nowhere with no other designated airspace it would be G from GL to 1,199 AGL. Then E from 1,200 AGL to 1,799 MSL. The A starting at 18,000 msl. A dashed magenta line means E starts at ground level. A shaded magenta means E starts at 700 AGL. I hope that helps.

@@rogerkladke correct

Ask questions if needed

Scott, yes I initially wrote the slides wrong on this one. I believe I corrected it in the video. I wrote a caption for class D stating it is MSL. A, B, C, and D all default to MSL. The only one that is in AGL is E. I apologize for the confusion. Thank you for watching the videos.

@@MrMigsClassroom Passed today with 98.33%

@@ScottPearsony you rock!

Only in my high school. I thought about doing online classes.

Any controlled airspace you have to have ATC authorization. Class E begins at 700ft. The Tower is taller than 700ft. So take a guess what you must get before you inspect the tower?

​@@WW5RMiAccording to 107 only B, C, D and SFC E that surround an airport (E2 classification) require ATC authorization. If it is the Class E type in this particular example it does not need authorization because it is not controlled airspace. The class E in this example is not controlled airspace therefore as long as the pilot is 107 and maintains 400' or less distance from the tower he can fly up into the 700' Class E as long as he does not go more that 400' above the top of the tower. Class E at 700' in this area is not controlled airspace.

@@garymcpherson6905 where did you find that? I've not seen anything about SFC Class E not needing authorization.

@@WW5RM I did not say that. I said only (class B, c, d) AND SFC E REQUIRE authorization. (E2) under part 107. All others do not. In this example it doesn't not. Airports like KGFL that have the dashed magenta around the entire airfield require authorization. The shaded magenta does not signify the need for approval. There are different Class E types of airspace and have to know the difference.

@@garymcpherson6905 ok where do you see that Class E that isnt SFC doesnt need authorization? Everything ive seen says all Class E airspace is controlled airspace.

You can fly an additional 400 feet over a tower as long as you are within a 400ft radius of the tower.

@@MrMigsClassroom Thanks Migman, It took me a few hours but I figured it out. Nice of you to reply. I do have a question on TAFs. I have them basically sorted, but I can not solve Figure 14 in the Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement. It is mainly the first part of the TAF (up BKN). I did search the internet and FAA website but with no joy. Thanks again Migman. Have a great weekend.

They will supply you with the test book. You cannot bring your own test book. You may bring a simple four function, calculator. You may also bring a magnifying glass. I did not need the calculator. I did need the magnifying glass.

@@MrMigsClassroom Awesome thanks! ☺️

He should have said 3,000 instead of 30,000. He was referencing the “30” in the box on the chart and since it’s 2 zeros that are dropped, it’s 3,000. He actually says 3,000 correctly from 11:05 to 11:15 in the video before accidentally saying 30,000 at 11:27.

Yes. I needed it for sure.

@@MrMigsClassroom Thanks!

Frank, The answer to your question is the mountains. Your confusion is based on needing to know that their are 2 ways to measure altitude, MSL (mean sea level) and AGL (Above Ground Level ). If there are no airports around then E starts at 1,200 ft AGL. Class E also starts at 14,500 ft MSL. If you are in a costal area the AGL with come first. However, if you are on a really tall mountain it is possible you will hit 14,500 ft MSL before 1,200 ft AGL. In that scenario class E starts at 14,500 ft msl. Does that help?

Wow best teachers ever explain it like you did. You pointed out where I took a wrong a wrong turn In my head that created my confusion problem, which enables a person to go back to that point and start rethinking from there. Wow you’re good at this. I hope you’re proud of what you do since you’re good at it. I bet you can teach anything. On the topic, I believe you are saying if you launch a drone from a 13,300 ft msl elevation, you would be crossing into class e airspace in 2 different ways simultaneously when the drone reaches 14,500 ft msl (and is simultaneously 1200ft agl). Argh for me losing track of agl msl. Edit to add: I wondered how often this weird phenomenon would come up In faa airspace (USA), and the USA only has 14 peaks above 4500 meters (14,764ft), but has 104 peaks above 4000 meters (13,123ft). I find it interesting that once we omit the 14 statistical outliers and focus on the majority of high peaks in the USA, the altitudes are within 177ft of the max height you can launch a drone msl and still b in class g at 1,199ft agl. So there’s only 14 places in the USA that you can launch a drone at a point higher than the 14,500ft msl limit of class g and hence you would be launching your drone directly into class e airspace from those 14 peaks? I’m guessing they decided that was statistically unlikely to happen in the manned aircrafts these heights were created for.

@@frankm3560 That means a lot. I really appreciate you saying that! And yes that is what I am saying.

Hi Evan, yes I am a high school Drone Technology Teacher. It’s a cool class. I am glad my school district supports career and technical education. Career preparation is the most important part of high school.

@@MrMigsClassroom that’s awesome just walked out of the testing center and passed with a 90% thanks again for the great videos. Wish my school had cool class like that only technology classes we have are bear minimum and the teachers barely know what there doing. Keep leading our future in the right direction

@@evansamson2703 congrats Evan! You rock! And thanks for the kind words. My high school also severely lacked on career and technical education classes. Giving students options to take technology classes is the main reason I stay in education.

Good luck! Let me know how you do.

@@MrMigsClassroom Got a 93...was easier than i thought. I watched a lot of your videos and took a bunch of practice exams. Some of the questions were almost exactly from your videos but they also had a few tricky questions as well.

What was mostly in your test? Mine is tomorrow. Congratulations btw

@@Brothaman I had about five questions dealing with CTAF which as Mr Mig points out should be easy answers. Had between fifteen and twenty on sectionals and or airspace. Eight on the weather. A couple on the load chart one of which I actually used the calculator on bc just wanted to be sure. Second question on load chart asked where the load begins to climb dramatically for turns which is @45 degree turns and above. That wasnt on any practice exams I took but it was easy to figure out. I had one Lat and Long question that was tricky. Bc two of the options were on exact same latitudes but the wrong answer was a big airport with lots of pretty rings around it and the correct answer was just a dot on the map by comparison lol. Very easy to just do the lat and assume you are on the correct answer so just beware.

Thanks for letting me know. I’ll remake this one in a few months.

@@MrMigsClassroom I listen and learn from all your videos, but this one was hard to follow. Maybe it's just me.

This one was my first part 107 video. I will redo it after I post a few more videos

I have updated the video. Please view my updated airspace video. Thank you.

I am glad it helped!

I have new flashcards coming soon. And then I’ll make a new air space video