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Your drone's maker publishes no performance data. What does the FAA suggest?

Use data published by other users of the same model as a starting point.

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  1. Assume it matches any other drone
  2. Use data from other users of the same model ✔
  3. Skip performance planning entirely

Why: Manufacturer performance data isn't standardized and sometimes doesn't exist. The FAA suggests finding data other owners of the same model have already worked out, and starting from that.

Huh, didn't know that: Performance data covers takeoff, climb, range, endurance, descent and landing.

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Why did the drone join a user group? It wanted to learn from its peers.
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Answer: Use data from other users of the same model. Manufacturer performance data isn't standardized and sometimes doesn't exist. The FAA suggests finding data other owners of the same model have already worked out, and starting from that.

  1. AC 107-2A, Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Appendix B.1 www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_107-2A.pdf
    seek out performance data that may have already been determined and published by other users of the same small UAS manufacturer model
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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