Soaring Lens, Inc.

– ADDENDUM

Tuesday, December 22, 2015
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Docket Operations West Building Ground Floor, Room w12

- 140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590
Submitted Electronically via the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)

Re: A ddendum to add additional UAS’s to Docket FAA

- 2015

- 6614

Dear Sir or Madam:

I Janelle McVay , President of Soaring Lens, In c

. , would like to add the following UAS’s to our request for Exemption

. In addition I am providing our MPTOM in a separate Addendum to follow.
Soaring Lens, Inc ., requests that the FAA waive the 90 day comment per iod as no precedent is being set in this request and our operations would be harmed by the delay in approval of these additional systems
The additional UAS’s are as follows:

 Sensefly eBee

 Precision Hawk Lancaster

E ach UAS has been approve d in the following prior e xemptions for similar purposes

 Sensefly eBee

- Exemption #’s 12048, 12106, 12314, 12326, 12369

 Precision H a wk Lancaster

– Exemption # ’ s 11551, 11573, 11711, 12284, 13084

T HE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS ( UAS ):

 The UAS’s are lightweight (under 55l b. gross weight).

 The UAS’s are battery operated

. The UAS ’ s ach are fixed wing single motor hand launch systems

EACH UAS INCLUDES:

 An on

- board flight computer with GPS navigation and location ability that receives signals for flight controls from a ground

- based transmitter/controller;

 An on

- board camera capable of capturing imagery in the form of full color, high definition still photos and video

 An on

- board telemet ry system that delivers flight data from the on

- board flight computer to the
on
- board radio transmitter including altitude AGL, horizontal and vertical speed, compass direction of flight and direction back to its launch site

 A 5.8GHz on

- board radio transmi tter that transmits live video from the on

- board camera plus all the flight data from the telemetry system described aboveSoaring Lens, Inc.

– ADDENDUM

T HE GROUND STATION PART OF THE SYSTEM:

 A Pilot in Command (PIC) who is charged with operati onal control of mission s from beginning t o end, and who controls the UAS while in the air

 A 2.4GHz radio transmitter/controller operated by the PIC to control the UAS while in flight

 Ground Station (computer, tablet for smart phone based app) which receives and displays video and system telemetr y real time from the UAS

 A Vis ua l Observer (VO), a person who provides a second pair of eyes to vis ua lly track the UAS while in flight.

T his Addendum makes no other chang es The name and contact information of the applicant remains the same:

S inc e r e l y ,

Janelle McVay President Soaring Lens Phone: 239

- 561

- 5367 Email: info@ soaringlens.com

o Appendix A is part of the original request and pertains to flight operations

o Appendix B is part of the original request and includes the User’s Manuals of the approved UAS’s

 Appendix C (A ttached) covers basic flight operations for the fixed wing systems

 Appendix D (Attached) includes links to User’s Manuals for the UAS ‘s listed aboveSoaring Lens, Inc.

– APPENDIX C FIXED WING FLIGHT PROCEDURES APPENDIX C
– FLIGHT OPERATIONS/PROCEDURES FOR FIXED WING UAS

The UA S’s will be operated under the following fl ight restrictions.

PRE

- FLIGHT CHECKLIST
Prior to operation preflight checklists provided by the manufacturer of the UA S’s will be followed. Below is such an example.

 Remote Controller, Batteries, and Ground Station Computer/tablet are fully charged.

 Propeller is mounted correctly.

 Camera lens cap has been removed.

 Camera Micro

- SD card has been inserted.

 Attach wings.

 Connect battery.

 Confirm motor can start and are functioning as normal.

 Ground Station Computer/Tablet can connect to the camera.

 Pre Pr ogrammed Mission is queued.
TAKE OFF/LANDING PROCEDURES
Manufacturer recommended Takeoff and Landing procedures will be followed. Below is such an example.

TAKE OFF

 Power on the Remote Controller.

 Power on the Camera.

 Power on the aircraft.

 Connect the Gro und Station Computer/Tablet to the UA.

 Wait for GPS Signal to lock and the aircraft to initialize entering the “Ready to Fly’ mode.

 Initiate Launch.

LANDING

 Aircraft will loiter upon completion of mission.

 Confirm landing site is clear of any obstructions or personnel.

 Initiate landing.

FAILSAFE FUNCTION

The UA S will enter Failsafe mode when the connection from the remote controller or GPS is lost . The flight control system will automatically return the aircraft to home and land.Soaring Lens, Inc.

- APPENDIX D USER’S MANUALS AP P E N DIX D
– USER’S MAN UAS L S DJI MATRICE and AERYON SKYRANGER

Users Man ua ls and/or documentation for each of these systems can be downloaded here

.

Soaring Lens, Inc

. , keeps a copy with each UAS

.

Sensefly eBee

Precision Hawk Lancaster