Frequently asked questions

The full FAA Part 107 Airman Certification Standards (ACS) - all five domains:

• Regulations (REG) - 14 CFR Part 107, Subpart B operating limitations, certificate requirements, currency
• Operations (OPS) - preflight, crew resource management, recordkeeping, accident reporting
• Airspace (AIRSPACE) - classes B/C/D/E/G, special-use, NOTAMs, sectional charts
• Weather (WEATHER) - METAR/TAF reading, performance impacts, sources, micrometeorology
• Performance (PERF) - loading, stability, energy management, battery management

Over 1,000 practice questions (1,017 at the time of this writing) distributed across these five domains in proportions that match the official FAA exam blueprint.

No. Part 107 Trainer is exam preparation. It is aligned with the FAA Airman Certification Standards and uses the same domain weighting and question style, but the actual Part 107 test is administered by PSI at an FAA-approved knowledge testing centre. You schedule and pay for the real test ($175 at the time of writing) separately at https://faa.psiexams.com. Use this site to prepare; take the real test when you are ready.

The real exam: The FAA Part 107 (UAG) knowledge test is administered by PSI and consists of 60 graded multiple-choice questions with three answer choices each (A, B, C). You have 120 minutes (2 hours) and need 70% to pass. In practice, your test session usually contains 63 to 65 total questions: the FAA seeds 3 to 5 unscored "beta" or validation questions that look identical to graded questions but don't count toward your score. You won't know which ones are unscored, and you should answer all of them as if they were graded.

Our practice questions deliberately have 4 choices instead of 3. This is by design: train harder than you test. Adding a fourth plausible distractor forces you to actively reason about why each wrong answer is wrong instead of eliminating one quickly and guessing between two. Real-exam regulations and concepts don't change with the number of choices; the underlying knowledge does, and our four-option format builds deeper familiarity with the regulatory edges and common student misconceptions. When you walk into PSI and see only three choices, the questions feel easier than what you've been practicing: that's the point.

What this means for you:

• Don't be alarmed by "extra" questions on test day: 63 to 65 total is normal.
• If a real-exam question feels easier than the practice ones, trust your training and don't second-guess.
• The 70% pass mark is calculated on the 60 graded questions only: beta questions don't help or hurt you.

For most learners, Lifetime ($79 one-time) is the better deal. The break-even is right around eight months: if you study and pass within eight months, Monthly would have cost about the same; if you take longer, want to come back later as a refresher before recurrent training, or want access to future updates as the FAA revises Part 107, Lifetime wins clearly. Monthly makes sense only if you're confident you'll be done in under eight months.

Yes. Monthly subscribers can cancel anytime from the Manage subscription button in Settings - it opens Stripe's billing portal. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period (no proration).

Lifetime customers have nothing to cancel - you've already paid in full.

Yes - the site is responsive and works on iOS Safari, Android Chrome, and mobile Firefox. There is no native iOS or Android app today. If a native app would help you, let us know.

Not currently. You need an internet connection to load lessons, fetch questions, and sync your progress. We're considering adding offline mode; if it ships, lifetime customers will get it included.

Yes. Every 14 CFR section in the regulations module has audio narration covering 107.1 through 107.165. The audio is paced for serious study - emphasis, pauses, and contextual reminders rather than just the lesson text read aloud. Free users get the first 3 clips; paid users get the full library.

The questions cover the current 14 CFR Part 107 regulations and the current FAA Airman Certification Standards (ACS) for Remote Pilot. We update content when the FAA publishes a revision (the ACS has been revised periodically since Part 107 took effect). Lifetime and active monthly subscribers automatically get all updates.

There's no guarantee - you have to do the work. That said, paid users who complete the recommended study path (read all 20 lessons, drill each domain to 80%+, take and review at least three mock exams) historically score 85%+ on practice mock exams, well above the FAA's 70% pass mark. The site will tell you if you're not yet at that level; trust it.

We can send you a CSV of your question attempts and exam history. Email support@part107trainer.com and we will export it for you within a few days. We're working on a self-serve export button for the dashboard.

We collect what is necessary to run the product: your email, your study activity (lessons completed, questions attempted, exam scores), and the Stripe customer ID needed to process payments. We do not sell your data to anyone. We do not run third-party advertising or tracking. Full details are in our privacy policy.

Yes. Sign in from any browser - phone, laptop, tablet - and your progress, exam history, and analytics sync automatically. Sign out when you're done if you're on a shared device.

Passwords add risk - they get phished, reused across sites, leaked in breaches, and forgotten. We send you a fresh 8-digit code (and a one-click magic link) every time you sign in, so the only thing you need is access to your email inbox. If your inbox is secure, your account is secure - no extra password to manage. To sign in, just go to /auth/signin, enter your email, and check your inbox.

We don't handle your card details - Stripe does. Stripe is the industry-standard payment processor and is PCI-DSS Level 1 compliant. Your card never touches our servers. After you complete payment, Stripe sends us a signed event confirming the charge succeeded, and we activate your account.

Cancel your monthly subscription via Manage subscription in Settings, then visit /pricing and click Lifetime. The two checkouts are independent. We don't currently prorate the switchover; if you'd like us to credit you for the unused portion of your last monthly charge, email support@part107trainer.com and we'll work it out.

We did a small content-accuracy pass before going live. Three things changed and may differ from notes you took earlier:

1. Registration weight threshold. We now state the FAA threshold as 0.55 lbs (the regulatory wording), with ~249.5 g as the exact metric conversion (often rounded to 250 g in handbook text). Either weight expression is acceptable on the exam: the threshold is the same.
2. Category 1 over-people weight. Per 14 CFR 107.110, the Category 1 limit is "0.55 pounds or less" (inclusive). We previously used "less than 0.55 pounds" in one question's choice text, which contradicted the regulation. Fixed.
3. $500 damage-report threshold. Per 14 CFR 107.9(b)(2), an accident report is required when property damage is more than $500 (not "$500 or more"). The lesson now calls out the distinction explicitly.

Your saved progress and exam history are unaffected.

Because nobody can guarantee you'll pass: only you can do that, by studying. Pass guarantees are a marketing lever, not a quality signal. They prey on the assumption that you might not study hard enough and then refund you when you don't.

The test is built from real regulations: 14 CFR Parts 107, 48, 91, 73, 89, and 1; 49 USC § 44809; 47 CFR Part 87; and the FAR/AIM. We give you over 1,000 practice questions, audio narration of every lesson, the interactive flight tools you'll keep using after you pass, and a full curated list of resources we used to study: including the FAA's own free study guide.

If you do the work, you'll pass. If you don't, no refund clause is going to fix that. We'd rather be straight with you than sell you a guarantee.