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: Addendum to add additional UAS’s to Docket FAA-2015-6614

Dear Sir or Madam:

I Janelle McVay, President of Soaring Lens, Inc., 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 period 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 

Each UAS has been approved in the following prior exemptions for similar purposes

 Sensefly eBee - Exemption #’s 12048, 12106, 12314, 12326, 12369

 Precision Hawk Lancaster – Exemption #’s 11551, 11573, 11711, 12284, 13084

THE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS):

 The UAS’s are lightweight (under 55lb. 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 telemetry 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 transmitter that transmits live video from the on-board camera plus all 

the flight data from the telemetry system described above
Soaring Lens, Inc. – ADDENDUM 

THE GROUND STATION PART OF THE SYSTEM:

 A Pilot in Command (PIC) who is charged with operational control of missions from beginning to 

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 telemetry real time from the UAS

 A Visual Observer (VO), a person who provides a second pair of eyes to visually track the UAS

while in flight.

This Addendum makes no other changes

The name and contact information of the applicant remains the same:

Sincerely,

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 (Attached) covers basic flight operations for the fixed wing systems 

 Appendix D (Attached) includes links to User’s Manuals for the UAS ‘s listed above
Soaring Lens, Inc. – APPENDIX C FIXED WING FLIGHT PROCEDURES

APPENDIX C – FLIGHT OPERATIONS/PROCEDURES FOR FIXED WING UAS

The UAS’s will be operated under the following flight restrictions.

PRE-FLIGHT CHECKLIST

Prior to operation preflight checklists provided by the manufacturer of the UAS’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 Programmed 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 Ground 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 UAS 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 

APPENDIX D – USER’S MANUASLS DJI MATRICE and AERYON SKYRANGER

Users Manuals 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