March 7, 2015

Administrator

Federal Aviation Administration

Re: Exemption No. 14990

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-4396

Dear Sir or Madam:

1. Please accept this as formal petition to amend Joseph Cerreta’s, hereinafter referred as 

petitioner, section 333 Exemption No. 14990 to add the following Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems:

1. Aircover QR425

2. Aircover QRT825

3. Blade 350 QX3

4. Delair-Tech DT-26

5. DJI Matrice 100

6. DJI Phantom 4

7. 3DR X8

8. 3DR Aero

9. Finwing Penguin

10. Latitude Engineering HQ-40

11. Latitude Engineering HQ-40A

12. Sensefly Swinglet Cam

13. Phoenix Aerial Systems Aerial Hawk

14. Trimble UX5

15. Swift Radioplane Lynx M

16. Tuff Wing UAV Mapper

17. UAV Factory Penguin B

18. Yuneec Q500 Typhoon

2. The FAA previously determined the airworthiness of the UAS from section 1 above with the 

following granted exemptions:

1. Aircover QR425 in Exemption No. 12785A (Satstellar, LLC.). 

2. Aircover QRT825 in Exemption No. 12785A (Satstellar, LLC.). 

3. Blade 350 QX3 in Exemption No. 13535 (Bruce Henry).

4. Delair-Tech DT-26 in Exemption No. 12785A (Satstellar, LLC.). 

5. DJI Matrice in Exemption No. 13535 (Bruce Henry).

6. 3DR X8 in Exemption No. 13535 (Bruce Henry).

7. 3DR Aero in Exemption No. 13517 (Aquilo, LLC.).

8. Finwing Penguin in Exemption No. 11405A (Brian Cherry).

9. Latitude Engineering HQ-40 in Exemption No. 11206A (BNSF Railway Company).

10. Latitude Engineering HQ-40A in Exemption No. 14765 (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 

University).

11. senseFly Swinglet Cam in Exemption No. 12785A (Satstellar, LLC.). 

12. Phoenix Aerial Systems Aerial Hawk in Exemption No. 12785A (Satstellar, LLC.). 

13. UX5 in Exemption No. 11110 (Trimble navigation LTD.). 

14. Swift Radioplane Lynx M in Exemption No. 11432A (Compass Data, Inc.).

15. UAV Factory Penguin B in Exemption No. 13465 (Kansas State University).

16. Yuneec Q500 Typhoon in Exemption No. 13535 (Bruce Henry).
The DJI Phantom 4 (requested UAS No. 6 above) and Tuff Wing UAV Mapper (requested UAS 

No. 16 above) have not had a previous airworthiness determination by the FAA. 

3. The FAA previously determined the airworthiness of the UAS identified in Appendix A with 

the granted exemption to Measure, a 32 Advisors Company, LLC under Exemption No. 

12646 on August 28, 2015. The petitioner proposes the UAS identified in Appendix A of 

this amendment to be included for the current Exemption No.14990, citing the previous 

granted Exemption No. 12646. 

4. All operations of the additional UAS will be in full compliance with the terms of the current FAA 

Exemption No. 14990. Since the requested amendment to petitioner’s exemption would not set 

any precedent (except for the DJI Phantom 4 and Tuff Wing UAV Mapper) or raise any novel 

issue, and because petitioner seeks to begin these operations without delay, petitioner

respectfully requests the FAA to determine that good cause exists to grant the requested 

amendment expeditiously by summary means. The DJI Phantom 4 and Tuff Wing UAV 

Mapper’s Operator’s Manuals are enclosed for the FAA to assist the FAA with granting an

amendment with those systems to exemption No.14990.

By using a collection of best-in-class systems, petitioner is able to increase the level of 

safety of operations and increase the flight duration longer than the UAS systems listed on

the 333 exemption. 

5. Petitioner has an extensive training background, including more than 1100 UAS flight hours, 

including 750 flight hours as a UAS instructor pilot for the US Army’s RQ-7A/B Shadow 200 

and RQ-5A Hunter UAS. The petitioner requests to add training to the existing section 333 

Exemption No. 14990, for persons belonging to both private and public organizations to 

increase awareness and improve safety for current and future UAS operations within the NAS. 

The training proposed under this amendment is to provide safety and unmanned aircraft 

system-specific training using the systems granted under the Exemption No. 14990 and the 

systems granted under this amendment. The training proposed is not to provide FAA 

certification training, nor type certification training, because those requirements will be 

identified in 14 CFR Part 107.

Based on the foregoing, petitioner hereby requests that the FAA grant this petition to amend 

and provide such further relief as deemed appropriate for the operations proposed herein.

Please let me know if you require additional information in support of this amendment.

Sincerely,

Joseph Cerreta

3175 W. International Speedway Blvd.

Daytona Beach, FL 32124

j.cerreta55@gmail.com

386-323-8026
Appendix A

The FAA previously determined the airworthiness of the UAS identified in Appendix A with 

the granted exemptions to Measure, a 32 Advisors Company, LLC under Exemption No. 

12646 on August 28, 2015. The petitioner proposes the UAS identified in Appendix A as 

an amendment to the current Exemption 14990, citing the previous granted Exemption No 

12646. 

1. 2AgEagle

2. 3D Robotics Aero-M

3. 3D Robotics Iris

4. 3D Robotics Iris+

5. 3D Robotics X8

6. 3DRobotics Fixed Wing

7. 3DRobotics Multirotor

8. 3DRobotics Quadrotor

9. 3DR Solo

10. 3DR Spektre

11. 3DRobotics Spektre Industrial Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicle

12. 3D Robotics Solo

13. 3DRobotics X8+

14. 3D Robotics X8-M

15. 3D Robotics Y6

16. Aerial Mob Heavy Lifter

17. Aerial Mob Light Lifter

18. Aerial Remote Mineral Detection System (ARMDS)

19. Aerialtronics Zenith with intergrated Airware system

20. Aerialtronics Altura Zenith ATX8

21. Aerigon

22. Aerobo

23. AeroCine Kopterworx Hammer X12

24. Aeromao AeroMapper 300

25. Aeromao Talon

26. Aeromao Aeromapper 300

27. Aeromao Aeromapper EV-2

28. AeroVironment Shrike

29. AeroVironment Puma

30. Aeronavics X4 Titanium

31. Aeryon Sky Ranger

32. Aervonics Sky Jib frame with a DJI A2 flight system

33. Aero-M

34. Aeryon Scout

35. Aeryon SkyRanger

36. AgEagle

37. AgEagle Robotic

38. AgScout

39. AgScout Mini

40. Agribotix Hornet Drone

41. Agribotix Enduro Quad

42. AgriView VK Ranger EX
43. Aibot

44. Aibotix X-6

45. Air Rover AR-3000

46. AirCover QR-425s

47. AirRobot AR 180

48. AirRobot AR 100

49. AirRobot AR200

50. Air-X

51. Align M690

52. Altavian Nova

53. Altavian Nova F6500

54. Altavian Nova R8400

55. Altus X-4

56. Altus X-8

57. American Drones, LLC Eagle

58. Apprentice

59. Arch Aerial OCTO multi-rotor UAS

60. Arris hexacoper

61. AR-960 Hex Rotor

62. AR-540 Quad Rotor

63. ARF-MikroKopter OktoXL

64. ARF-MikroKopter OktoXL +

65. ArrowLite

66. AscTec Falcon

67. AscTec Falcon 8

68. Astraeus Aerial Cinema System V.3CS

69. Atlantic RC Aircraft LC04

70. Auburn Trimble UX5

71. Auburn War Eagle

72. Auburn EasyStar

73. Auburn

74. AV44

75. Bixler 3DR Plane

76. Blade 350QX

77. Bixler 2

78. Boomerang Carbon Fiber Frame (The Identified System)

79. Bormatec Maja UAV

80. BOSH Technologies Super Swiper

81. Bumblebee-S

82. C-Astral Bramor gEO

83. CarbonCore Octocopter 1000

84. Carbon Core Cortex Quadcopter

85. CCO w/Wkm M

86. Chameleon Pro
87. CinesStar

88. Cinestar 6

89. Cinestar X8

90. Cinestar 8

91. Cinestar 8 HL

92. Cinestar 8 Okto XL

93. Coaxial Quad Multirotor VAO1-V1

94. Coaxial Quad Multirotor VAO2-V2

95. CopelandRED LLC Delta Wing Aircraft

96. CyberQuad Maxi

97. DJI Flame Wheel F450

98. DJI Flame Wheel F550

99. DAx8

100. DJI Inspire

101. DJI Inspire 1

102. DJI Inspire 2

103. DJI M P330z

104. DJI Phantom

105. DJI Phantom 1

106. DJI Phantom 2

107. DJI Phantom 2+

108. DJI Phantom 2 Vision

109. DJI Phantom 2 Vision+

110. DJI Phantom Vision +

111. DJI Phantom 3

112. DJI Phantom FC40

113. DJI Spreading Wings S900

114. DJI Spreading Wings S1000

115. DJI Spreading Wings S1000+

116. DJI S800

117. DJI S800 EVO

118. DJI T600

119. Draganflyer Guardian

120. Draganflyer X4ES

121. Draganflyer X4P

122. Draganflyer X6

123. DT-18

124. DYS D800-X8

125. Eagle VTOL

126. Eagle V2

127. E-Flite Apprentice

128. Event 38 E384 129. F-450

129. Falcon VTOL
130. Fire Fly 6

131. First Aerial Responder UAV

132. Flame Wheel G4 7.8 Skycrane

133. Flying-Cam 3.0 SARAH

134. Foxtech Kraken 130 V2

135. FreeFly Systems ALTA RTF

136. FreeFly Systems Octocopter Airframe (Legacy)

137. G4

138. G4 models

139. GeoStar

140. GerMAP G220

141. GerMAP G180

142. goFarm GF-1

143. Gryphon Dynamics X8

144. GT80X

145. Harris 18 HL

146. HEFF

147. Helicopters West DJI Inspire

148. Helicopters West SkyJib 8

149. Helios 960

150. Hawkeye Mk-III

151. HexaCrafter HC-1100 85.

152. HexaCrafter HO-1250

153. HH Blade 350QX2 AP

154. Hobbyking “Bixler” Fixed Wing Trainer

155. HoneyComb AgDrone

156. Horizon Hobby Blade 350 Qx2 quadcopter

157. Hoverfly LiveSky, BigSky 60 and H-Frame

158. Hubsan X4 micro drone

159. HVP 14301 Multi Rotor

160. Identified System

161. IMT Global xFold Cinema

162. Indago

163. InovalDrone:Inova One

164. InstantEye Mk-2

165. InstantEye Mk-2 Gen2

166. Intuitive Aerial Aeragon

167. K130 Octocopter

168. KongCopter X8

169. Kopterworx Hammer X12

170. Latitude HQ-4 Hybrid Multirotor

171. LB700

172. Leading Edge Precision Vision 10

173. Leptron Avenger
174. Lewis Realty Associates Hexacopter 650

175. Liberty 1

176. Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III

177. Lockheed Martin Indago

178. Matrix quad copter

179. MaxFlight 

180. MD4-200

181. MD4-1000

182. Mikrokopter 2.5

183. MLB Company Super Bat

184. MU-1H

185. Multirotor G4 7.8 Skycrane

186. Nighthawk

187. Nighthawk VTOL

188. OktoXL 6S12

189. PAG X4

190. Parksone Radian RTF

191. Parrot Bebop drone

192. Parrot PF 725100 Bebop Drone 14MP

193. Parrot Skycontroller

194. Patriot X4

195. Patriot X8

196. Finwing Penguin V2

197. Birdseyeview FireFly 6

198. Phoenix

199. Phoenix VTOL

200. Phoenix 60

201. Phoenix 60LE

202. Pixhawk

203. Precision Drone Pacesetter

204. PrecisionHawk

205. PrecisionHawk Hawkeye Mk-III

206. PrecisionHawk Lancaster

207. Precision Lancaster MK3

208. Prioria Hex

209. Prioria’s Maveric

210. Pulse Aerospace, PA 01 Vapor

211. Pulse Aerospace Pulse Vapor 35

212. Pulse Vapor

213. Puma AE DDL

214. PV 14817 Multi Rotor

215. PV HL1

216. PV HL2

217. Q1
218. Quadcopter LLC MikroKopter

219. Quiet UAV

220. Qube

221. R/C Rotors and Aerial Media: Matrix Prof. Multi Rotor Frame & Octo Heavy Lift

Prof. Multi Rotor

222. Frame Ronin Edition Microdrones:MD4-1000

223. RCTimer Hexacopter

224. RDASS

225. REHawk 500

226. REHawk 680

227. RF-70

228. Riegl RiCopter

229. RITEWING Z3 Spade 47”

230. Ritewing Drake 60”

231. RITEWING Z3 Spade 70”

232. RITEWING Z4 Spade 52”

233. RMAX

234. Roboflight

235. Rotomotion SR-15

236. RV Jet

237. Scout X4

238. SD02

239. Seahawk 1.2

240. SelectTech Geospacial’s EH-4

241. SenseFly eBee

242. SenseFly eBee RTK

243. SenseFly eXom

244. Sensurion Magpie MP-1

245. Service-Drone Recon One

246. Service-Drone Blackbird

247. SH 900

248. ShadowHawk

249. Shrike

250. Sirius

251. SkyCatch

252. SkyJib 8 v.2 Heavy Lifter

253. SkyPhilly MI

254. Skywalker Aero

255. Skywalker Flying Wing X8

256. SnapRoll Media SUAS

257. Solutions Phoenix 30

258. SteadiDrone

259. Steadidrone Quad

260. Steadydrone QU4D
261. Steadidrone Mavik

262. SuperX/P2 Multirotor

263. Swift Radioplanes Lynx

264. Tali 500

265. Talon 120LE

266. Tarot FY690S Hexacopter

267. Tarot quadcopter

268. Tarot 680pro

269. Tarot 690

270. Tarot 900

271. Tarot 960

272. Tarot T-15

273. Tarot T15 C/F Folding Octocopter

274. Tarot T18 UAV

275. Tarot T690

276. Tarot T810

277. Tarot T960

278. Tarsier Systems MoAC

279. Tayzu Robotics Titan X8

280. TBS Discovery Pro

281. Team Black Sheep Discovery Pro Tarot T15

282. T-Rex 700E F3C

283. TREX 800E DFC PRO

284. Trimble UX5

285. Trimble UX5 hp

286. Trimble ZX5

287. Turningy Talon 500

288. TUPX8-800

289. Turbo Ace CINEWING 6

290. TurboAce Matrix-G quadcopter

291. Turbo Ace matrix-E

292. Turbo Ace MATRIX-1

293. UAV Solutions Phoenix 60

294. Universeye Penguin

295. Unmanned Flying Rolling Orb “UFRO”

296. US2 GreenHawk

297. UtiliCopter ITX8

298. VA03-v1

299. VA04-v1

300. VA07-v1

301. Viking UAS Multicopter (VTOL)

302. Viking UAS FF-X4/X8

303. VK-Patriot X4/X8

304. Viking UAS Patriot X4/X8 Multirotor
305. Viking UAS X6 Model 800

306. Viking UAS Viking ONE

307. VK-450

308. Viking Unmanned Aerial Systems, LLC AgriView VK Ranger EX

309. Viking VK-FF-X4

310. VK- Ranger EX- SAR Fixed Wing UAS

311. Volantex Raptor Tarot T-18

312. Volt Aerial Robotics Octane

313. Vulcan frame controlled by a DJI A2 flight controller

314. Vulcan Mantis

315. Vulcan Octocopter

316. Vulcan Raven

317. Vulcan UAV

318. Walkera TALI H500

319. Walkera Scout X4

320. Wookong DJI 5800

321. xCel Drones XD550CDR

322. XFold Rig with four configurations: Quadcopter, Hexcopter, Octocopter and x12 

Copter

323. X8-M