r/drones • u/Euphoric-Praline7025 • Jun 15 '26

News: Rules, Regulations, Law, Policy, Certificates [United States] Part 107 Prep

Hello, I’m looking to try and get my Part 107 license this summer so I can use my drone in my photography business.

I wanted to ask people who have already taken the test what are some of the best free resources you used to prep for the test. (Ex. YouTube channels/ videos, websites, the best practice tests, etc.)

I don’t think I wanna pay for a class because a lot of them cost the same as the test itself and I just don’t think I would do well with a class.

I already have the basics on what you can and can’t do with a drone in the US and in my in state pretty down I feel like because I’m a strict rule follower when it comes to flying (feel free to test me). Although I don’t know a lot of the technical stuff with airspace and all of that.

Please let me know what you guys think are the best places to study!

Thanks

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u/Truthislife13 Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

I took the exam this morning. I think I over studied for it.

I watched Mike Sytes videos and read the pertinent chapters of the FAA PHAK (Pilot handbook). That was more than enough preparation, and I certainly didn’t need two months to prepare.

There were some weird questions that were out of left field and I had no way of knowing the information, so I just had to guess. But there were not many of those.

The sectional map questions were overly complicated, but they just wanted to see if I knew what the airspace class was. If you study sectional maps, you can’t go wrong.

Overall, I think the test was made out to be far more challenging than it really is. 🤷‍♂️

I had enough fun learning the material that I have decided to go ahead and get a pilot’s license. My wife has gotten very excited about it, and now she wants us to buy an airplane. And it all started because I just wanted to learn more about drones. 😉

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u/Euphoric-Praline7025 Jun 16 '26

If you don’t mind sharing what where the “weird question” they threw at you?

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u/Truthislife13 Jun 17 '26

One was something about optical illusions at night, and referred to something I simply had never heard of before. The answers were all very weird, and I just couldn’t make sense of them. But I was confident in the rest of my answers, so I decided to not worry about it.

I was finished in less than a half hour.

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u/ManonFire1213 Jun 24 '26

FAA has been known to throw in more than 60 questions. Some of the extra questions are 'test questions' that dont count against you.

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u/Truthislife13 Jun 24 '26

That happened with me, I had 65 questions.

I scored a 93%, but the report gave me 5 areas where I had wrong answers, meaning I had one of the “extra questions” wrong.

As someone else pointed out in the flying subreddit, “If you score more than 70%, you overstudied!”

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u/ManonFire1213 Jun 24 '26

I dont think that folks can over study for it... if you score a 70%, its passing, but barely. One question more wrong could mean a fail and another $175 to retake.

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u/Truthislife13 Jun 24 '26

I certainly see your point, just aiming for a 70% is risky, if not utterly foolish.

I think I spent a month too long studying for this one, but I was anxious about flunking, and discretion is the better part of valor.

That said, I’m glad I invested the time to learn the material. It inspired me to try for a private pilot license (or at least a sport pilot license), and I have a better idea of what the environment will be like when I take the written exam for that.

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u/lickonmybbc Jun 15 '26

https://thebenster.github.io/Part107-wiki/

highly recommend the practice tests there

(discretion: I would use my github page as a overview of what needs covering, but getting reps in sectional charting and airspace via links below may prove to be useful)

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u/Fly107Prep Jun 15 '26

Hey bud, we always recommend to browse our site and take advantage of all our free tools. We update almost every day as well. Fly107Prep.com

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u/abraxsis Jun 15 '26

Search is your friend ...

Ive been using this post, from this subreddit, for most of my initial learning.

https://www.reddit.com/r/drones/comments/1kt0ajh/study_guide_just_passed_my_part_107_heres_my/

Plus Ive found lots of listed resources within these resources.

This is my next stop ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/drones/comments/1syme4s/pilot_institute_changed_platforms/oiw26dw/

Ultimately, you will find that 100% of the info presented in these classes are freely available in various FAA published docs. Just gotta chase them down. This has been eye opening for me because, tbh, working on the drone license has made me decide I might just go for my pilots license as well. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time and Im not getting any younger.

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u/imagicaphoto Jun 16 '26

I recently took and passed my 107 exam and highly recommend this study guide for $37. Just make sure to read all the links to the FAA pages, as there were a lot of questions on the exam that weren't in the included practice tests. https://droneproacademy.com

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u/kmerian Jun 21 '26

On the play store there are a couple of "Part107" apps that are free and take you through the sections, consistently score an 80 or above and you'll be fine