RPAS Advanced study plan

Outline the structure of CARs Part IX and label which sections govern registration, pilot certification, and RPAS safety assurance

Summarize pilot certificate eligibility and privilege differences between basic and advanced operations

Recite RPAS registration, marking, and documentation requirements from memory

Explain when an RPAS safety assurance declaration applies and who is responsible for it

Apply Part IX operating rules (visual line-of-sight, altitude, horizontal distance, distances from people and aerodromes) to five written scenarios

Draft a site-survey checklist that captures both regulatory limits and physical hazards

Compute takeoff weight and loading for two example aircraft and confirm they stay within limits

List the records and documents a pilot must produce on demand during an inspection

Write contingency procedures for lost link, GPS degradation, battery failure, and fly-away

Set and justify operating limits for wind, temperature, and visibility for one chosen aircraft

Perform performance and weight-and-balance calculations for three loading scenarios

Script the pilot's actions for a mid-air conflict and for selecting a forced-landing area

Classify controlled, uncontrolled, restricted, and advisory airspace and state the authorization each requires

Locate aerodromes, control zones, and transition altitudes on a VFR navigation chart

Interpret NOTAMs and decide how each one would change a planned flight

Decode three METARs and three TAFs into plain-language forecasts

Relate lapse rates, stability, and surface heating to turbulence and gust risk at low altitude

Identify icing, icing-adjacent, and visibility-reduction hazards relevant to small RPAS

Compute crosswind and headwind components and compare them to a defined aircraft limit

Build a personal weather minimums table and apply it to ten marginal-weather scenarios

Convert between latitude/longitude and grid coordinate systems used on Canadian charts

Plot three waypoints and measure track and distance on a chart without GPS

Describe GNSS failure modes, accuracy limits, and their effect on position reporting

Explain lost-link position-reporting and return behaviour expectations for the crew

Apply situational awareness, fatigue, and workload mitigation strategies to four judgement scenarios

Use a structured decision-making model to resolve one in-flight and one pre-flight dilemma

Draft radio calls using standard phraseology for departure, position, and arrival at a controlled aerodrome

Select the correct frequency and demonstrate correct readback of clearances and hold-short instructions

Re-test the two weakest domains from earlier weeks and correct every missed item

Assemble a one-page summary sheet for each domain from your own notes

Complete a timed full-length mock examination under exam conditions

Review each wrong answer and trace it back to a regulation, chart, or weather product