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  • CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.13 Remote Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Operations Over People

    Operating Characteristics: • Operating temperature limits (high and low limits); • Weather limitations to include wind, precipitation, and maximum wind gusts; • Altitude limitations to include maximum operating altitude; • Range limitations; • Power source to include endurance, power setting, and consumption levels appropriate…

  • CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.6.1 Impact Kinetic Energy › KEimpact = 0.0155 × 1.0 × (40)2 = 24.8 ft-lbs

    small unmanned aircraft incorporates airspeed or altitude limiting systems or equipment that, when installed or enabled, restrict its forward airspeed or altitude in order to meet an impact kinetic energy requirement, then those systems or equipment should be installed ... then the applicant should provide information in the remote pilot operating instructions to ensure pilots understand any restrictions or limitations associated with the different modes…

  • CHAPTER 8. SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OVER PEOPLE › 8.6 FAA-Provided MOC › 8.6.1 Impact Kinetic Energy

    speed limitations in part 107 unless authorized under a Certificate of Waiver (CoW) or an exemption (§ 107.51(a)). Next, an applicant would determine the ground impact speed resulting from an unpowered free-fall from the highest altitude the small unmanned ... aircraft is capable of attaining at full power. Note that aircraft operating under part 107 may not exceed the altitude limitations of that rule unless authorized under a CoW or an exemption (§ 107.51(b)). The ground impact speed could…

  • Chapter 7: Aircraft Systems › Superchargers and Turbosuperchargers

    normally aspirated aircraft climbs, it eventually reaches an altitude where the MAP is insufficient for a normal climb. This altitude limit is known as the aircraft’s service ceiling, and it is directly affected by the engine’s ability ... turbosupercharger, the aircraft’s service ceiling can be increased. With these systems, an aircraft can fly at higher altitudes with the advantage of higher true airspeeds and the increased ability to circumnavigate adverse weather…

  • CHAPTER 5. PART 107 SUBPART B, OPERATING RULES (SMALL UAS) › 5.12 Operating Limitations for Small Unmanned Aircraft › 5.12.2 Determining Altitude

    5.12.2 Determining Altitude. In order to comply with the maximum altitude requirements…

  • Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › High Speed Flight › Speed Ranges

    usually associated with operations at lower altitudes and deals with structural loads and flutter. The MMO limit is associated with operations at higher altitudes and is usually more concerned with compressibility effects and flutter. At lower altitudes, structural loads ... aircraft. For example, an early civilian jet aircraft had a VMO limit of 306 KCAS up to approximately FL 310 (on a standard day). At this altitude (FL 310), an MMO of 0.82 was approximately equal to 306 KCAS. Above…