U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Operations West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590
Dear Sir or Madam,

Accordance to Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (the Reform Act), I, Shawn Hoover, DBA Aspen Realty, Inc., hereby apply for an exemption from Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) detailed below to allow for commercial operations of a Yuneec Typhoon 500+ 4 rotor UAS with an attached CGO2 Gimbal Mount holding a 4K UHD Camera for the purpose of aerial photography and video for a Real Estate and client requests. As the Reform Act allows the FAA to “establish requirements for the safe operation of such aircraft systems in the national airspace system”, I, Shawn Hoover, use of the Yuneec Typhoon 500+ will provide the following benefits and enhance or provide an equivalent level of safety.
1. The Yuneec Typhoon 500+ has a maximum takeoff weight of less than 3 pounds and thus offers a lightweight, small and compact video platform compared to manned aircraft.
2. The Yuneec Typhoon 500+ offers significant safety, noise, emission, security and environmental benefits not available to larger manned aircraft.
3. The Yuneec Typhoon 500+ has numerous safety features such as Failsafe mode, automatic Return home feature should signal between PIC and UAS be interrupted, GPS based altitude and distance locks, Flight Limits function and low battery warnings.4. Operations utilizing the Yuneec Typhoon 500+ will provide a benefit to the general public and serve the public interest by providing the service of aerial photographic images and video to numerous businesses and individuals for considerably less than the previously only available option of utilizing manned aircraft at an equivalent level of safety.
The Aircraft, Operations and an Equivalent Level of Safety
1. The safe operation of the UAS will be the first priority before, during and after every operation. It will be taken with the most seriousness. Safety is number one and that is why I wish to request this exemption.
2. The Yuneec Typhoon 500+ has a maximum takeoff weight of 1300 grams or approximately 2.9 pounds. It has a diagonal length of 590mm and a maximum speed of 16 meters per second.
3. The UAS utilizes GPS/GLONASS location and is controlled by a 2.4 GHz transmitter.
4. All UAS operations will be conducted at Visual Line Of Sight (VLOS) at no more than 400 feet AGL.
6. No UAS operations will be conducted within 5 NM of an airport.
7. No UAS operations shall occur over densely populated areas, large assemblies of people, stadiums, government buildings, power lines, or major roads.
8. All nonparticipating persons shall be a minimum of 500 feet from the UAS.
9. If a nonparticipating person comes within 500 feet of the UAS, flight operations will cease immediately. Safety will be the most important thing.10. All UAS operations shall take place during daylight hours under conditions equivalent to Visual Flight Rules (VFR) with the UAS no more than 3/4 NM from the PIC.
11. All UAS operations will have a Visual Observer (VO) present and all operations will be within line of sight (LOS) of the VO.
12. The UAS will yield to all manned aircraft at all times.
13. All required permits and permissions will be obtained from local and state government should they be required.
14. A pre-flight inspection by the PIC will be performed prior to each flight to assure that the UAS is safe for flight. A post-flight inspection will also be performed as an added level of safety.
15. At no time shall the UAS be operated with missing or manufacturer unapproved parts, or in any condition that could pose a hazard to any other aircraft or structure or person on the ground.
16. Prior to all UAS operations a pre-flight meeting or observation will be held to determine the parameters of flight in a given location, any hazards present, weather conditions, safety procedures at the specific location and approximate duration and route of flight. If any are found, no flight will take place.
17. The Yuneec Typhoon 500+ UAS will utilize GPS/GLONASS location, auto return home and will never be operated at below 20% batter capacity.
The Yuneec Typhoon 500+ UAS is a small and safe sub 10 pound plastic and composite aircraft utilizing four propellers driven by a 4480 mAh LiPo 4s 15.2v smart battery with a MAX flight time of 23 minutes. The remote control/transmitter operates at 2.4 GHz. The aircraft’s software has been set to FAA regulations of 400’ ceiling and recognizes zones around airports and forbids flight within 1.5 miles of the center of a type A airport, and outside the1.5 miles up to 5 miles the altitude increase from 35’ to 400’ in a conical fashion. For example: at 1.5 miles out your limit is 35’ and at 3.25 Miles from the center the max altitude AGL is 217.5’. I think this feature is great and allows those who wish to take photos with their drone at say 10’ AGL 2 miles from an Airport, they are more than safe in doing so. The incorporated FLY SAFE technology also restricts flights in areas deemed not permitted by the FAA, for example Washington D.C.
The aircraft will automatically return to point of origin or descend in place should signal with the transmitter be lost. The UAS is unmanned, operates at low altitudes, does not run on combustible fuel, has very low decibel level noise emissions and has a small payload capacity and short flight time, thus significantly reducing current risk levels involved with utilizing manned aircraft for aerial photography.
Additionally, past purchasers of aerial photography have had to contract with manned aircraft operations at a significant expense. I, will provide a public benefit in allowing more people to access aerial photography images and video at a significantly lower price and in the process we will be providing that data at a greater or at least equivalent level of safety as compared to similar manned operations.
It is the applicants belief that the small size of the Yuneec 500+ UAS, the basic operating parameters outlined above, the specific exemptions discussed below, equivalent level of safety provided at a much lower cost to the general public will allow the FAA to grant an exemption to DBA Aspen Realty, Inc. for commercial UAS aerial photography operations under the Reform Act of 2012.
The exemption requests follow below.Thank you for taking the time to read and consider this request.Sincerely,

Shawn Hoover
Aspen Realty, Inc.

P.O. Box 338
MCGregor, MN. 55760

Petition for Part 21; and 45.23(b); 61.113(a) & (b); 91.7(a); 91.9(b) (2); 91.103(b); 91.109; 91.119; 91.121, 91.151(a); 91.203(a) & (b); 91.405(a); 91.407(a)(1); 91.409(a)(2); and 91.417(a) & (b) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations