I choose to self-study because I thought in this way I would get the most benefit, others may need the classroom type setting, I just choose to go this route, if you have held a full-scale rating you probably have about 85% of the knowledge and just need to brush up. However, if you new to UAV's and have no prior RC type experience I would also spend a lot of time reading this forum and watching Youtube videos.
The way I did it is to first gather all the recommended PDFs, the main ones are (in my estimation):
AC 107 -2
FAA - G -8082 - 22
FAA - CT - 8080 - 2G (this is supplied to you when you take the test) - All of these can be downloaded from the FAA website, and there are a few more that could help.
The way I studied was to first read the above at least twice over a period of about a week. I then found a UAG sample exam in two versions, with and without the answers. I printed the non-answered exam off and proceeded to take the sample test, compare with the correct answers and saw what I missed, return to study and repeat until I felt I had a grasp on the material.
Then I took three weeks away from studying or even reading about the test or material, that brought me to about two weeks ago. I again self-took the sample test and noted what I missed and compared to my previous answers to see where I was not proficient. For me, understanding weather, in particular relationships between pressure, temperature and humidity just made no sense at the time. In addition, airspace and chart reading needed some attention. So I spent a lot of time grasping those concepts.
Another thing I would point out is that there is a bank of 1000 questions in the data base and it spits out 60 and no one knows which. In my test, the first ten were nothing like what I thought I would see, and I only got one question that I had seen in the sample. It is a little nerve-racking at first, you've got a timer clocking down, your being video taped and watched, but take your time, read the questions carefully - they do throw curve balls.
Make sure you read the question and understand it before even looking at the answers, answer the question in your head then look at the answers - if one the answers on the screen and what you thought does not match near perfectly, do not answer - read the question again then think through your answer. I caught about four or five questions I would have gotten wrong by doing this and, they were in the areas I struggled with when studying.
The good thing is you don't have to cram, take your time and don't rush and Good Luck.
Pat
Passed. I've been studying for about three weeks every evening, I felt I had a good shot at passing with a decent score but I was shocked, shocked - as were the test administrators - I got all answers correct and scored a perfect 100! They say even a blind squirrel can find some nuts, well this proves it LOL. First round is on me!
