Nov 30, 2015

U.S. Department of Transportation

Docket Management System

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE

Washington, DC 20590

RE: Amendment to Exemption No. 12675 Issued Under Section 333 of the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) Reform Act and Part 11 in Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-0883 of 

the Federal Aviation Administration Regulations

Dear Sir or Madam:

Pursuant to Section 333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (the “Reform Act”

or “Section 333”), Subsection (f) of 49 U.S.C. § 44701, and 14 C.F.R. Part 11, Drone Services 

Hawaii, LLC (DHS) seeks an amendment to Exemption No. 12675 for the purpose to operate, 

educate, and have access to 324 additional small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Approved by

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently. See Attachment 1 for the list of approved 

sUAS by FAA and granted exemption. The State of Hawaii, county government agencies, 

industry partners, and granted 333 exemption holders are inquiring which sUAS are approved. 

This is accruing more frequently because of DHS efforts of outreach and education of the

general public on sUAS within the State of Hawaii. There is no sUAS with the ability to do 

everything. However, with the access of a more extensive list DSH can fit the right sUAS for the

client and there specific mission.

On August 31, 2015, the FAA issued Exemption No. 12675 to DHS to allow it to operate the DJI 

Inspire 1 sUAS for commercial photography and video, education, product training and 

demonstration. Our first goal is to help introduce sUAS into certain departments of government.

The second goal is to educate Hawaii’s general public, and students of all ages participating in 

Science Technology Engineering and Math (“STEM”) programs. Early awareness and education 

on UAS safety will have a major impact on the overall future of our youth and the ability to 

operate these sUAS in a professional manner. Responsible and respectful sUAS flying is the 

corner stone of our company and our highest priority.
So far we have exceeded our projected goals in reaching our local communities, county and state 

government agencies, and our department of education. DSH has been working with Honolulu 

Control Facility Support manager Darrel Hood his contact number is (808)840-6121. We have 

been conducting exercises executing sUAS flight operations. Ocean safety on the island of Oahu 

will be the first department to intergrade the use of drones for public safety with shark sightings 

and attacks. Providing education on the 3D’s (Dangerous, Dirty and Dull) jobs are the first

indicators when to use sUAS’s. The State of Hawaii and its local county departments have

realized the benefits of using sUASs to enhance the efficiency and accuracy when dealing with 

public health and safety. This will be a win-win for our residents as well as for our visitors. The 

attraction of Hawaii’s beautiful mountain to ocean views and its abundance of activities have 

created many challenges for our first responders to search, plan, and rescue those in need of help. 

The diversity of different sUAS’s will help with the limitations of only one type trying to fit for 

all occasions. 

This requested amendment will allow DSH to operate, educate, and the ability to have access on

324 different types of sUAS using the same reasons and conditions stated in the initial exemption 

granted. Therefore, we are not asking for operational changes or conditions we are only looking 

to add more units to our sUAS list. There has also been no other change relative to public 

interest and safety which was the basis for granting the original exemption on August 31, 2015.

The availability of more sUAS is to enhance the fit process for getting the right sUAS for the 

mission, and to do it in an effective and efficient manner. The highest level of safety for the

public, individual, environment, and National Air Space (NAS) is of the outmost importance. 

Having such a list with variety gives DSH the ability to continue education on safety and 

technology for the future of the industry and for the people of the State of Hawaii. Being isolated 

in the Pacific Ocean DSH is in the position to stay ahead of the curve and be a local resource for 

our community as well as for our government agencies as FAA is setting rules and regulations 

for this growing industry. 

NAME AND ADDRESS OF PETITION 

Drone Services Hawaii LLC

Mike Elliott/George K. Purdy IV

Owners

98-1827A Kaahumanu St.

Aiea, Hi 96701

Phone (808) 225-2968 (Mike)

Phone (808) 559-0175 (George)

Fax (808) 445-1954

mike.elliott@droneserviceshawaii.com

george.purdy@droneserviceshawaii.com
324 Additional sUAS Platforms – FAA Approved List of sUAS DSH General Statement

Operations pursuant to the exemption will be subject to strict operating requirements and 

conditions to ensure at least an equivalent level of safety to currently authorized operations using 

manned aircraft and under the same conditions as permitted by the FAA in Exemption No.12646. 

ALL models are powered electrically via small lithium polymer batteries that drive electric

motors/propellers. These have extensive automated control features, redundant systems, 

integrated fail-safes, and they will be operated under controlled conditions at low altitudes in 

airspace that is limited in scope.

Exemptions Requested

DSH respectfully requests exemptions from the following regulations previously granted by the 

FAA in Exemption No. 12675:

14 C.F.R. Part 21 Subpart H

14 C.F.R. § 21.191(a)

14 C.F.R. § 45.23(b)

14 C.F.R. § 45.27

14 C.F.R. §§ 61.113(a) and (b)

14 C.F.R. § 91.l 19(c)

14 C.F.R. § 91.121

14 C.F.R. § 91.151(a)

14 C.F.R. § 91.405(a)

14 C.F.R. § 91.407(a) (l)

14 C.F.R. §§ 91.409(a) (l) and (2)

14 C.F.R. §§ 91.417(a) and (b).

Airworthiness

To maintain airworthiness, DSH will follow the inspection and maintenance programs designed 

specifically for All 324 sUAS by their manufacturers. Those programs are enhanced by inflight 

monitoring systems, monitor current position, wind speed, direction, battery charge, flight time,

altitude, including both above the takeoff location and above sea level. If onboard sensors detect 

a critical situation at any time (low battery, close proximity to the ground, weak data link signal, 

etc.) the aircraft will automatically initiate a preprogrammed safety procedure, in the event of 

any malfunction return to home or land. DSH will undergo all maintenance required by the 

manufacturers, and undergo flight testing before recommencing commercial operations. The 

proof of good cause exists to favor and grant DSH an amendment to their Exemption No. 12675. 

Therefore, it is in the public’s best interest based on the clear direction in Section 333, the 

Federal Aviation Act, the high and equivalent level of safety of the proposed operations, and in 

consideration of the size, weight, speed and limited operating area associated with sUAS. DSH

respectfully requests that the FAA grant an expedited amendment to operate, educate, and have 
access to the 324 additional small Unmanned Aircraft Systems approved. Please see attachment 

1 for a list of currently approved sUAS by FAA and granted exemption Number 12646. 

Respectfully submitted,

Mike Elliott George K. Purdy IV
 Attachment 1

Granted Exemption No. 12646

List of sUAS DSH would like to have access to for the benefit of the State of Hawaii in overall 

Safety these sUASs can provide under the right education and demonstration.

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

130. Falcon VTOL

131. Fire Fly 6
132. First Aerial Responder UAV

133. Flame Wheel G4 7.8 Skycrane

134. Flying-Cam 3.0 SARAH

135. Foxtech Kraken 130 V2

136. FreeFly Systems ALTA RTF

137. FreeFly Systems Octocopter Airframe (Legacy)

138. G4

139. G4 models

140. GeoStar

141. GerMAP G220

142. GerMAP G180

143. goFarm GF-1

144. Gryphon Dynamics X8

145. GT80X

146. Harris 18 HL

147. HEFF

148. Helicopters West DJI Inspire

149. Helicopters West SkyJib 8

150. Helios 960

151. Hawkeye Mk-III

152. HexaCrafter HC-1100 85.

153. HexaCrafter HO-1250

154. HH Blade 350QX2 AP

155. Hobbyking “Bixler” Fixed Wing Trainer

156. HoneyComb AgDrone

157. Horizon Hobby Blade 350 Qx2 quadcopter

158. Hoverfly LiveSky, BigSky 60 and H-Frame

159. Hubsan X4 micro drone

160. HVP 14301 Multi Rotor

161. Identified System

162. IMT Global xFold Cinema

163. Indago

164. InovalDrone:Inova One

165. InstantEye Mk-2

166. InstantEye Mk-2 Gen2

167. Intuitive Aerial Aeragon

168. K130 Octocopter

169. KongCopter X8

170. Kopterworx Hammer X12

171. Latitude HQ-4 Hybrid Multirotor

172. LB700

173. Leading Edge Precision Vision 10

174. Leptron Avenger

175. Lewis Realty Associates Hexacopter 650

176. Liberty 1
177. Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk III

178. Lockheed Martin Indago

179. Matrix quad copter

180. MaxFlight

181. MD4-200

182. MD4-1000

183. Mikrokopter 2.5

184. MLB Company Super Bat

185. MU-1H

186. Multirotor G4 7.8 Skycrane

187. Nighthawk

188. Nighthawk VTOL

189. OktoXL 6S12

190. PAG X4

191. Parksone Radian RTF

192. Parrot Bebop drone

193. Parrot PF 725100 Bebop Drone 14MP

194. Parrot Skycontroller

195. Patriot X4

196. Patriot X8

197. Finwing Penguin V2

198. Birdseyeview FireFly 6

199. Phoenix

200. Phoenix VTOL

201. Phoenix 60

202. Phoenix 60LE

203. Pixhawk

204. Precision Drone Pacesetter

205. PrecisionHawk

206. PrecisionHawk Hawkeye Mk-III

207. PrecisionHawk Lancaster

208. Precision Lancaster MK3

209. Prioria Hex

210. Prioria’s Maveric

211. Pulse Aerospace, PA 01 Vapor

212. Pulse Aerospace Pulse Vapor 35

213. Pulse Vapor

214. Puma AE DDL

215. PV 14817 Multi Rotor

216. PV HL1

217. PV HL2

218. Q1

219. Quadcopter LLC MikroKopter

220. Quiet UAV

221. Qube

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

223. Frame Ronin Edition Microdrones:MD4-1000

224. RCTimer Hexacopter

225. RDASS

226. REHawk 500

227. REHawk 680

228. RF-70

229. Riegl RiCopter

230. RITEWING Z3 Spade 47”

231. Ritewing Drake 60”

232. RITEWING Z3 Spade 70”

233. RITEWING Z4 Spade 52”

234. RMAX

235. Roboflight

236. Rotomotion SR-15

237. RV Jet

238. Scout X4

239. SD02

240. Seahawk 1.2

241. SelectTech Geospacial’s EH-4

242. SenseFly eBee

243. SenseFly eBee RTK

244. SenseFly eXom

245. Sensurion Magpie MP-1

246. Service-Drone Recon One

247. Service-Drone Blackbird

248. SH 900

249. ShadowHawk

250. Shrike

251. Sirius

252. SkyCatch

253. SkyJib 8 v.2 Heavy Lifter

254. SkyPhilly MI

255. Skywalker Aero

256. Skywalker Flying Wing X8

257. SnapRoll Media SUAS

258. Solutions Phoenix 30

259. SteadiDrone

260. Steadidrone Quad

261. Steadydrone QU4D

262. Steadidrone Mavik

263. SuperX/P2 Multirotor

264. Swift Radioplanes Lynx

265. Tali 500

266. Talon 120LE

267. Tarot FY690S Hexacopter
268. Tarot quadcopter

269. Tarot 680pro

270. Tarot 690

271. Tarot 900

272. Tarot 960

273. Tarot T-15

274. Tarot T15 C/F Folding Octocopter

275. Tarot T18 UAV

276. Tarot T690

277. Tarot T810

278. Tarot T960

279. Tarsier Systems MoAC

280. Tayzu Robotics Titan X8

281. TBS Discovery Pro

282. Team Black Sheep Discovery Pro Tarot T15

283. T-Rex 700E F3C

284. TREX 800E DFC PRO

285. Trimble UX5

286. Trimble UX5 hp

287. Trimble ZX5

288. Turningy Talon 500

289. TUP X8-800

290. Turbo Ace CINEWING 6

291. TurboAce Matrix-G quadcopter

292. Turbo Ace matrix-E

293. Turbo Ace MATRIX-1

294. UAV Solutions Phoenix 60

295. Universeye Penguin

296. Unmanned Flying Rolling Orb “UFRO”

297. US2 GreenHawk

298. UtiliCopter ITX8

299. VA03-v1

300. VA04-v1

301. VA07-v1

302. Viking UAS Multicopter (VTOL)

303. Viking UAS FF-X4/X8

304. VK-Patriot X4/X8

305. Viking UAS Patriot X4/X8 Multirotor

306. Viking UAS X6 Model 800

307. Viking UAS Viking ONE

308. VK-450

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

310. Viking VK-FF-X4

311. VK- Ranger EX- SAR Fixed Wing UAS

312. Volantex Raptor Tarot T-18

313. Volt Aerial Robotics Octane
314. Vulcan frame controlled by a DJI A2 flight controller

315. Vulcan Mantis

316. Vulcan Octocopter

317. Vulcan Raven

318. Vulcan UAV

319. Walkera TALI H500

320. Walkera Scout X4

321. Wookong DJI 5800

322. xCel Drones XD550CDR

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

Copter

324. X8-M