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June 25, 2015

U.S. Department of Transportation

Docket Management System

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE

Washington, DC 20590

Amendment to Exemption No. 11493 Regulatory Docket No. FAA‐2015‐0315 under Section

333 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 and 14 C.F.R. Part 11 regarding sUAS

use.  

Dear Sir or Madam:

Regarding: Exemption No. 11493 Regulatory Docket No. FAA‐2015‐0315 approved on May 5,

2015.   

Troy Built Models (TBM) seeks to amend this exemption as follows:

1) Additional aircraft.

2) Additional types of operations

There has been no change in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety

that were the basis for granting the original exemption.

The current exemption is for the following:

1) Aircraft

a. DJI Phantom 2 Vision+

2) Operations

a. Training

We request that the current exemption include the following aircraft. Many of these aircraft

have been granted 333 exemptions by the FAA to other companies. All aircraft are under 55 lbs.  

Additional aircraft to be added to the existing exemption and COA

Precisionhawk Lancaster Hawkeye Mk‐III, DJI Phantom, DJI Inspire, DJI S800, DJI S900, DJI

S1000, Freefly Cinestar 8, AeroVironment Puma, AirRobot AR180, AirRobot AR200, 3D

Robotics Spektre, 3D Robotics Iris, 3D Robotics Solo, 3D Robotics Aero‐M, 3D Robotics Aero,

3D Robotics X8+,  Blade 350 QX, Sensefly Ebee, C9D‐BD Butterfly Dragon, C‐Astral Bramor  

gEO, Altavian Nova F6500, Altavian Nova R8400, UAV Factory Penguin B, MLB Super Bat,

Trigger Composites Pteryx, AEE AP10, AEE F50, Yuneec Q500, Xfold SPY, Xfold Travel, Xfold
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Cinema, Xfold Dragon, E‐flight Apprentice, Flyzone Sensei, TBM Skyhunter, TBM Skysurfer,

Roboflight RF70, TBM ISR 3.0, TBM ISR 2.6, AR Drone 2.0, Parrot Bebop Drone, Hubsan

Spyhawk, Walkera X350, Walkera Voyager 3, Walkera Scout X4.  

Additional operations follow:

Closed‐set motion picture and television filming, precision agriculture, 2D and 3D mapping,  

Photography, Cinematography, Aerial Data Collection, Filmmaking, Live and taped

broadcasting, Visual Inspection ‐ primarily towers, poles, pipelines, powerlines, cables,  

bridges, flare stacks, chimneys, vertical structures, solar arrays, wind generators, power  

stations & sub‐stations, coal ash ponds, absorbers, and buildings.  Real estate, Golf courses,

Orthographic photos, Special Events, Construction progress, Public service ‐ Primarily:

search & rescue, law enforcement, fire, security, disaster management & relief, wildfires,

floods, hurricanes, news broadcasting, and tornados. Banner towing, Announcements,

Radio Frequency directional finding ‐ Primarily fire & rescue, animal tracking, Alzheimer

patient tracking, non‐cooperative satellite communication interception, stolen vehicles,  

high value assets, hikers, and skiers. Radiation detection, Noxious gas detection, Forestry &

logging, Wildlife management, Insurance assessments, Surveys, Mining, Volumetric analysis,

Research and Development, Traffic monitoring, Sporting events

Please contact the undersigned should you have any question concerning this request for an

amendment to the Exemption.

Sincerely yours,  

Gene Payson

President

Troy Built Models, Inc.

100 Cattlemen Rd Suite 110

Sarasota, FL 34232

(941) 313‐0074