Many people that take our courses are brand new to drones and are flying for the first time. The course begins with the basics for beginners, but gets great reviews from advanced drone pilots.

Yes! A drone will be provided for all Professional Wings Package flying sessions. Typically during DARTdrones’ flying sessions, students will be provided a DJI Phantom.

The DARTdrones Wings Program includes one full day of Drone Flight Training, one full day of Part 107 in-person training, and full access to our 14 online micro courses called the Real-World Flight Planning and Execution Program. Most students take the two in-person classes in one full weekend on a Saturday and Sunday. However, splitting the classes into two different weekends is possible if needed.

For insurance and liability purposes, students cannot fly their own equipment during the course unless they provide proof of liability insurance with DARTdrones LLC named as an additional insured prior to the course. Although our class covers the Mavic and Inspire, a Phantom is typically provided for training, which is sufficient for this level of learning.

Any insurance company that offers coverage for sUAS flight is sufficient for this course. Many students have used Verifly as their provider. Verifly is available in most states and allows for coverage to be purchased by the hour.

Yes! The Drone Pilot Training course rotates from indoor to outdoor training. Learn in the comfort of a classroom and then head outside to fly in 3 one hour flight sessions. The Part 107 Test Prep course is completed indoors.

The FAA Part 107 regulations allow people to fly drones for a profit or commercial use if they gain a license from the FAA. To attain the license, drone pilots must pass a 60 question, 2 hour exam offered at an FAA testing center. Someone new to aviation could commit 15 – 20 hours of study time and be ready to pass their exam. The cost to take the exam is $150, paid to the testing center. DARTdrones does not offer locations to take the exam, but booking your exam at one of the FAA’s 690 testing centers across the country is simple. Once you pass the exam, you will receive your certificate within a few weeks, allowing you to officially fly commercially.

Although we cover all of the content that you will need to study for the test, most students need to spend additional time with our online Part 107 Test Prep course, especially the practice tests. We recommend not booking your exam until after you complete our class and feel prepared.

Our Basic Flight Training course capacity is set to 8 students and 15 students for our Part 107 In-Person Training course to ensure a well balanced student to instructor ratio.

DARTdrones’ schedules a few classes per year in each city about 3 months in advance of a class. If your city is completely sold out, we recommend checking a nearby city, organizing a private group lesson (priced for 8 participants), or submitting a contact form as we do often have last minute cancellations.

DARTdrones now offers a money back guarantee. We are confident in our comprehensive curriculum and that you will pass the Part 107 with ease. Students who take our Part 107 Test Prep course and achieve a 85% or better on at least 3 practice exams will be eligible for reimbursement to retake their Part 107 exam upon failing their exam.

Eligibility:

If a student completes our Part 107 Test Prep course and achieves a 85% or better on at least 3 practice exams and still fails the FAA Part 107 Exam, we will pay the retest fee for the student to take the exam again. All students taking the Online Part 107 Test Prep course must complete all of the course modules to 100% within 90 days prior to their exam date to be eligible. All students who took the in-person Part 107 Test Prep course must have taken the exam within the 90 days of their class date to be eligible OR have completed each of the online modules within 90 days of taking the exam. To qualify as completing the course modules includes the Night Operations Modules that were added to the course on March 1, 2021. For students who took the in-person course prior to the FAA rule change on March 1, 2021, they will only qualify for the Money Back Guarantee if they complete the Night Operations Course modules. FAA exam questions are not published. The DARTdrones question bank is closely aligned to what you will see on the FAA remote pilot exam, but wording can and will differ. Memorizing our entire question bank will not be sufficient preparation to pass the exam. Students who take the practice test an excessive number of times with unreasonably short completion times will not qualify for the guarantee. Students are only eligible to receive the Money Back Guarantee once. Students must submit their failing test scorecard to our support team for review.

Students of the DARTdrones Professional Wings Program will receive lifetime access to our online course.

We truly care about the safety of our students. If travel becomes dangerous, we will postpone the course to a later date and you can always select a date that works for you. If travel is not dangerous, we will still hold the indoor portion of the class and attempt to work around the weather to make the outdoor flight sessions possible.