Commercial RPAS Operations
Course Overview
Comprehensive commercial drone operations course covering business setup, insurance, client management, operational compliance, hands-on flight training, and night operations endorsement.
Course Outline
- Business registration and licensing
- Aviation insurance and liability coverage
- Client contracts and scope of work
- Pricing and quoting services
- Operational manuals and SOPs
- Flight logging and record-keeping
- Data management and client deliverables
- Marketing and client acquisition
- Aircraft setup and calibration
- Basic flight maneuvers
- Precision hovering and position control
- Obstacle navigation and figure-eights
- Emergency landing procedures
- Loss-of-link and flyaway protocols
- Flight logging and documentation
- Site survey and risk assessment practice
- Night operations regulations
- Lighting and visibility requirements
- Equipment setup for night flight
- Visual line of sight challenges
- Risk assessment for night operations
- Emergency procedures at night
- Practical night flight exercise