7/27/2015

Exemption request under SECTION 333

1. AIRCRAFT USED- Phantom 3 Professional built by DJI. Operational Characteristics are attached 

as attachment #1 in this request.

2. I, Michael Hendzel, PIC, will operate the aircraft (Phantom 3 Professional) in the following 

manner:

a. Daylight hours only 

b. At least 200’ from any person minus myself and a possible spotter. 

c. Being 100% mindful of the safety of others and other aircraft.

d. No more than 200’ in altitude.

e. Conduct a thorough pre/post flight, pre/post landing, after takeoff, arrival, and end of ops 

checklists that is attachment #2 to this request.

3. The Radio Frequency spectrum as well as the FCC approval letter is attachment #3 to this 

request for exemption.

4. I, Michael Hendzel, PIC, served in the U.S Army for 6 years and 4 months. During this time, while 

stationed in Fort Hood, Texas with 1st Cavalry Division 3

rd Brigade, unit 1-12 I participated in 

unmanned drone flight (RQ-11 Raven UAV) in all operations to include launching, piloting, 

landing, and all ancillary details of flight. My DD 214 (honorary discharge paperwork) is 

attachment #4 to this request for exemption. 

5. I, Michael Hendzel, PIC, am a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician. Attachment 

#4 is a copy of my NREMT card. I am medically qualified and do not have or ever have had any 

loss of vision, concussions, broken bones, or ailments preventing me from flying this aircraft.

6. The intended operation of the Phantom 3 Professional is for photography of real estate listings 

which will be performed in a highly safe fashion as described earlier in the exemption request. 

Safety rules followed by me, the PIC, Michael Hendzel, will include keeping a safe distance 

(minimum 50’) from any persons, vehicles, and also, operating ideally at 50-100’ in purposes of 

obtaining photos of real estate listings and moving on. The aircraft will not come closer than 25’

to a building it is taking a photo of. The operations manual is attachment #5

7. The maximum operating speed and altitude will be used per the operations manual as 

described in attachment #5

8. The characteristics of the area I, the PIC, Michael Hendzel intends to use the aircraft will adhere 

to the operations manual as described in attachment #5 (You can’t take good photos of homes 

in the dark, rain, cloudy, etc... anyway)

9. I, the petitioner and PIC, Michael Hendzel, do not by any means intend to operate near airports 

in accordance with the statutory mandate under section 333 regarding proximity to airports.

10. I, the PIC, Michael Hendzel will maintain Visual Line of Sight of the aircraft in accordance with 

statutory mandate under Section 333(b)(1). I will comply with this mandate by making sure the 

aircraft does not go behind any objects/buildings/etc... so that I may maintain visual line of sight 
at all times. I will make sure that I am close by and in complete control so prevent this from 

happening with a thorough flight plan in place as well per my attachments.

11. I, PIC, Michael Hendzel will adhere to my thorough pre/post flight, pre/post landing, after 

takeoff, arrival, and end of ops checklists that is attachment #2 to this request. I will follow (14 

CFR 91.6(b)).

12. I, PIC, Michael Hendzel will notify FSDO’s prior to operations if I ever plan to operate in an 

environment that has an existing requirements and will describe my intended coordination in 

regard to my flight plan and safety procedures, location, etc...

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Michael Hendzel
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Aircraft

Camera

Weight (Including Battery And Propellers) 1280 g

Diagonal Size (Including Propellers) 590 mm

Max Ascent Speed 5 m/s

Max Descent Speed 3 m/s

Hover Accuracy Vertical: +/­ 0.1 m (when Vision Positioning is active) or +/­ 0.5 m

Horizontal: +/­ 1.5 m

Max Speed 16 m/s (ATTI mode, no wind)

Max Altitude Above Sea Level 6000 m

Operating Temperature 0°C to 40°C

GPS Mode GPS/GLONASS

Sensor Sony EXMOR 1/2.3” Effective pixels: 12.4 M (total pixels: 12.76 M)

Lens FOV 94° 20 mm (35 mm format equivalent) f/2.8, focus at ∞

ISO Range 100­3200 (video) 100­1600 (photo)

Shutter Speed 8s ­1/8000s

Image Max Size 4000 x 3000

Still Photography Modes Single Shot

Burst Shooting: 3/5/7 shots

Auto Exposure Bracketing (AEB): 3/5

Bracketed Frames at 0.7EV Bias

Time­lapse

Video Recording Modes Phantom 3 Professional

UHD: 4096x2160p 24/25, 3840x2160p 24/25/30

FHD: 1920x1080p 24/25/30/48/50/60

HD: 1280x720p 24/25/30/48/50/60

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Gimbal

Vision Positioning

Remote Controller

Battery Charger

Phantom 3 Advanced

FHD: 1920x1080p 24/25/30/48/50/60

HD: 1280x720p 24/25/30/48/50/60

Supported SD Card Types Micro SD

Max capacity: 64 GB. Class 10 or UHS­1 rating required

Max Bitrate Of Video Storage Phantom 3 Professional

60 Mbps

Phantom 3 Advanced

40 Mbps

Supported File Formats FAT32/exFAT

Photo: JPEG, DNG

Video: MP4, MOV (MPEG­4 AVC/H.264)

Operating Temperature 0°C to 40°C

Controllable Range Pitch ­90° to +30°

Stabilization 3­axis (pitch, roll, yaw)

Max Velocity Less than 8 m/s (when 2 m above ground)

Altitude Range 30 cm­300 cm

Operating Range 30 cm­300 cm

Operating Environment Surface with clear pattern and adequate lighting (Lux > 15)

Operating Frequency 2.400 GHz­2.483 GHz

Max Distance 2000m (outdoors and unobstructed)

Video Output Port USB

Operating Temperature 0°C­ 40°C

Battery 6000 mAh LiPo 2S

Mobile Device Holder For tablet or phone

Receiver Sensitivity (1%PER) ­101 dBm ±2 dBm

Transmitter Power (EIRP) FCC: 20 dBm

CE: 16 dBm

Working Voltage 1.2 A @7.4 V

Voltage 17.4 V

Rated Power Phantom 3 Professional

100 W
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Intelligent Flight Battery

App / Live View

Phantom 3 Advanced

57 W

Capacity 4480 mAh

Voltage 15.2 V

Battery Type LiPo 4S

Energy 68 Wh

Net Weight 365 g

Max Flight Time Approximately 23 minutes

Operating Temperature ­10°C to 40°C

Max Charging Power 100 W

Mobile App DJI Pilot

EIRP 100mW

Live View Working Frequency 2.4GHz ISM

Live View Quality 720P @ 30fps (depending on conditions and mobile device)

Latency 220ms (depending on conditions and mobile device)

Required Operating Systems iOS 8.0 or later

Android 4.1.2 or later

Recommended Devices iOS: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad Air Wi­Fi + Cellular, iPad 

2, iPad mini 2 Wi­Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 Wi­Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 3, 

iPad mini 3 Wi­Fi + Cellular. This app is optimized for iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and iP

6 Plus

Android: Samsung S5, Note 3, Sony Xperia Z3, Google Nexus 7 II, Google Nexus 

Mi 3, Nubia Z7 mini

*Support for additional Android devices available as testing and development cont

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