Conditions and concepts
Before flight, the remote PIC must ensure that the small UAS is in condition for safe operation; finding a defect should change the decision. The preflight assessment includes local weather, airspace, flight restrictions, people/property and other ground hazards relevant to the operation. Preflight checks should establish that power, control links and required equipment can support the planned operation safely. The remote PIC is responsible for assessing changes in the operating environment and remaining able to conduct the operation safely.
Worked decisions
A preflight inspection finds a cracked propeller. What should happen before launch? Before flight, the remote PIC must ensure that the small UAS is in condition for safe operation; finding a defect should change the decision. The supported result is Resolve the defect and establish safe condition. A proposed landing area now contains workers who were absent during planning. Which part of the assessment must be updated? The preflight assessment includes local weather, airspace, flight restrictions, people/property and other ground hazards relevant to the operation. The supported result is People and ground hazards at the actual site. A battery is visibly swollen during inspection. Which response is appropriate? Preflight checks should establish that power, control links and required equipment can support the planned operation safely. The supported result is Follow applicable safety/manufacturer guidance and do not launch with an unresolved defect. A customer asks the pilot to extend a flight beyond the assessed route and energy plan. What should occur first? The remote PIC is responsible for assessing changes in the operating environment and remaining able to conduct the operation safely. The supported result is Reassess the changed mission and its limits.
A change that matters
A required control link check fails intermittently during preflight. What decision is supported? Before flight, the remote PIC must ensure that the small UAS is in condition for safe operation; finding a defect should change the decision. Here choose Do not launch until safe operation is established. A flight plan uses a safe launch area but has no suitable contingency landing location. What planning gap remains? The preflight assessment includes local weather, airspace, flight restrictions, people/property and other ground hazards relevant to the operation. Here choose A practical response to an abnormal landing need. The crew verifies only the camera feed and skips the command/control check. Which distinction matters? Preflight checks should establish that power, control links and required equipment can support the planned operation safely. Here choose A working camera feed does not prove a reliable control link. An unexpected event draws a crowd under the planned route. Which decision should be revisited? The remote PIC is responsible for assessing changes in the operating environment and remaining able to conduct the operation safely. Here choose Whether the operation remains permissible and safe around people.
Transfer check and reasoning
A control-link defect remains after every checklist box has been ticked. Is the aircraft ready? No. Safe operating condition has not been established. Checklist completion documents a process; it does not repair a defect.
A preflight inspection finds a cracked propeller. What should happen before launch?
- The relevant case condition is: A preflight inspection finds a cracked propeller.
- Before flight, the remote PIC must ensure that the small UAS is in condition for safe operation; finding a defect should change the decision.
- Therefore choose “Resolve the defect and establish safe condition”. The alternatives must be tested against that same stated condition; an unrelated document, unit or approval cannot supply a missing requirement.
Compare the other answer choices
A short mission does not establish that damaged flight-critical equipment is safe.
Lower planned altitude does not correct a cracked propeller.
A record of a known defect does not establish safe condition before launch.
Try it, then explain it.
Complete a short set without looking at the example. After each answer, explain which evidence or rule supports your decision and why the alternatives do not fit.
Sources & authorship
Original Slope explanations and examples. References support the concepts; they are not the source of copied questions. Independent educator review is pending.
Faa Ac107 2A