BR-ANAC-R-VFRH study plan
BR-ANAC-R-VFRH · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Air Law and ANAC Regulations for Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Map the ANAC regulatory structure for RPAS by writing an outline that places each relevant regulation (registration, licensing, operational limits, airspace access) under its correct heading
Define in writing the categories and class limits that govern where and how a remotely piloted aircraft may be flown in Brazil
List the pilot certification, medical/health, and recency requirements and state exactly what evidence satisfies each one
Extract every numeric limit in the air-law material (altitudes, distances, masses, ages, validity periods) into a single reference sheet with units
Your checkpoint
A one-page regulatory cheat sheet containing at least 30 numbered limits and definitions, each traceable to a regulation article
Air Law and ANAC Regulations for Remotely Piloted Aircraft & Operational Procedures
Apply the air-law rules to ten written operational scenarios and justify each answer by citing the governing requirement
Sequence the pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight administrative obligations (authorizations, notifications, records) in the order they must occur
Describe the conditions under which a flight must be terminated, refused, or reported, and to whom
Draft the documentation checklist a remote pilot would carry or retain for an inspection
Your checkpoint
Ten solved scenario questions with written justifications plus a completed pre-flight documentation checklist
General Knowledge of Rotorcraft and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems & Principles of Flight (Rotorcraft)
Label the major components of a multirotor and a conventional helicopter on a hand-drawn diagram and state the function of each
Explain how rotor thrust, torque, and control inputs in each axis produce translation, yaw, and hover, in your own words
Compare the failure modes and redundancy of the main RPAS subsystems (power, propulsion, data link, flight controller, navigation sensors)
Relate rotorcraft aerodynamic concepts such as induced flow, translational lift, vortex ring state, and retreating-blade stall to practical RPAS handling risks
Your checkpoint
An annotated two-diagram systems sheet plus a 300-word written explanation of hover, translation, and yaw control
Flight Performance, Loading and Mass & Balance
Compute mass and balance for three worked examples, locating the centre of gravity and checking it against stated limits
Calculate endurance and range from battery capacity, consumption, and payload, and identify the assumptions that make the result optimistic
Explain how density altitude, temperature, and payload change hover and climb performance, with a worked numeric example
Produce a load-planning template that flags an out-of-limits condition before flight
Your checkpoint
Three fully worked mass, balance, and performance problems with correct answers and a reusable load-planning template
Meteorology
Decode a written meteorological report and forecast and state the wind, visibility, cloud, and weather trend they imply
Interpret the standard pressure, temperature, and wind information a pilot obtains before flight and convert between the units used in Brazil
Describe how wind gradient, gusts, thermals, and precipitation affect small rotorcraft and list the go/no-go thresholds you would apply
Explain the formation of the weather hazards most relevant to low-level RPAS flight and the warning signs visible before flight
Your checkpoint
A weather decision card with your personal go/no-go thresholds plus five decoded reports with a written interpretation of each
Navigation & Communications and Radio Telephony
Read positions, distances, and bearings from a chart excerpt and convert between true and magnetic directions
Plan a short cross-country RPAS mission on paper, including waypoints, distances, headings, and time en route
State the standard phraseology for initial call, position report, and readback, and spell five registration identifiers using the phonetic alphabet
Explain lost-link and lost-position procedures and the radio or notification actions each requires
Your checkpoint
A completed one-page navigation log for a planned mission plus a scripted radio call sequence with correct readbacks
Human Performance and Limitations
Identify the physiological and psychological factors that degrade remote pilot performance and match each to a mitigation you would actually use
Explain how fatigue, workload, and vigilance decrement affect monitoring of an automated flight, and design a personal fatigue-management rule
Describe the sensory and perceptual traps of screen-based flight and how to cross-check instruments to avoid them
Apply a decision-making model to three accident-style narratives and identify the point where the chain could have been broken
Your checkpoint
A personal fitness-to-fly checklist and three analysed narratives with the decision error and break point identified in each
Air Law and ANAC Regulations for Remotely Piloted Aircraft & Flight Performance, Loading and Mass & Balance & Meteorology & Operational Procedures
Sit two timed full-length mock exams and record the score per domain to expose remaining weak areas
Re-study only the two weakest domains and re-test them until each reaches a stated target score
Recite the numeric limits, weather thresholds, and radio phraseology from memory without notes
Review every previously missed question and write the corrected reasoning for each
Your checkpoint
Two timed mock exam score sheets with per-domain breakdowns and a written remediation log for every missed item
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 80% on a 25-question air-law and operational-procedures set drawn from your own notes, with every answer justified by a cited requirement
Week 4: Solve three fresh mass, balance, and performance problems unaided with correct answers and correct units
Week 6: Produce a complete navigation log and radio script for a new route in under 30 minutes with no reference material
Week 8: Achieve at least 85% overall on both timed mock exams, with no domain below 70%