May 23,2015 

Addendum 

U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Docket Operations 

West Building Ground Floor, Room w12-140 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590 

Exemption No. 11432 

Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2015-Q179 

Submitted Electronically via the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) 

Re: Addendum to add additional Unmanned Aerial Systems to current Exemption No. 111432 

Dear Sir or Madam: 

I Hayden Howard, Vice President of Compass Data, Inc., have prepared the following addendum to our 

Current Exemption No. 11432 approved on April 22"d 2015. 

This Addendum allows for the inclusion of one additional Fixed Wing system and four additional Vertical 

Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Multi-Rotor UA's as follows: 

• A SwiftRadio Planes LYNX M Fixed Wing, Under 9lb Single Motor UA 

• A DJI Phantom 2 Vision+, Under 31b (4 Motor) Multi-Rotor UA 

• A DJI Phantom 3, Under 31b (4 Motor) Multi-Rotor UA 

• A DJIInspire 1, Under 71b (4 Motor) Multi-Rotor UA 

• A DJI S1000, Under 101b (8 Motor) Multi-Rotor UA 

THE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT (UA): 

Fixed Wing components: 

• The Swift-Radio Planes Lynx M is a lightweight (under 551b gross weight), battery operated Fixed 

Wing UA 

• The Lynx is hand launched, and can land in small areas due to its deep stall landing capabilities 

• The Lynx is comprised of foam and Carbon Fiber with a wingspan of 7.5' 

• The Lynx can carry various camera payloads which are interchangeable in the field 

• The Lynx utilizes the Pixhawk autopilot complete with GPS, magnetometer, IMU, airspeed 

sensor, and telemetry radios 

VTOL Multi-Rotor's components: 

• The DJI Models: Phantom 2 Vision+, Phantom 3, Inspire 1, and S1000 are lightweight (under 

551b gross weight), battery operated Multi-Rotor VTOL aircraft 

• Each uses an on-board flight computer with GPS navigation and location ability that receives 

signals for flight controls from a ground-based transmitter/controller 

• The Phantom 2 Vision+, Phantom 3 and Inspire 1 have an on-board camera attached to the UA 

via a three axis gimbal, capable of capturing full color, high definition imagery 

o The S1000 can be configured to include a gimbal mount and supports various camera options 

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• The DJI models all have an on-board telemetry system that delivers flight data from the onboard 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 

THE GROUND STATION-BASED PART OF THESE SYSTEMS: 

• A Pilot in Command (PIC} in operational control of a flight operation from beginning to end and 

who controls the UA while in the air 

• A radio transmitter/controller operated by the (PIC} to control the UA while in flight 

• A Ground Station (Laptop, Tablet or Smart Phone based App) which receives and displays real 

time system telemetry and imagery from the UA 

• A Visual Observer (VO) is a person who provides a second pair of eyes to visually track the UA 

while in flight. 

INTENDED USE: 

The requested exemption would allow us to use the UA for aerial image acquisition to support various 

mapping and surveying applications as well as video documentation for the public good. Typical 

applications would include, but are not limited to: 

• Aerial Photography 

• Aerial Surveys 

• Volumetric Surveys 

• Architectural Surveys 

• Bridge Inspections 

• Utility Corridor Vegetation Management 

• Building Inspection Surveys 

• Disaster Response 

This Addendum makes no other changes to the original request including exemptions sought, reasons 

for exemption request, and/or operating parameters. Compass Data will operate these additional UA's 

under the same conditions and limitations provided in Exemption No. 11432 

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

Sincerely, 

Hayden Howard 

Vice President 

Compass Data, Inc. 

Phone: 303.627.408 

Email: compassdatainc.com 

Appendix A- User's Manual (Swift-Radio Planes Lynx M) 

Appendix B- Users Manuals (Phantom 2 Vision+, Phantom 3, Inspire 1, and S1000) 

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APPENDIX A- USERS MANUALS (Swift-Radio Planes Lynx M) 

This addendum incorporates by reference confidential manuals and materials filed by Swift Radioplanes, LLC 

("Swift Radioplanes") in connection with our petition for exemption under Section 333 of the FAA 

Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 ("FMRA") to allow commercial operations of unmanned aircraft for 

precision aerial survey. Swift Radioplanes has requested confidential treatment of those materials under the 

trade secrets and proprietary business information exemption of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). 

(See 5 U.S. C. § 552(b)(4}.) 

Attached separately 

APPENDIX A- USERS MANUALS 
APPENDIX 8- USERS MANUALS (DJI PHANTOM 3. INSPIRE 1. and SlQQQ) 

Users Manuals for each of these systems can be downloaded here 

http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-2-vision-plus/download 

http://www.dji.com/product/phantom-3/download 

http://www .d ji.com/prod uct/inspire-1/download 

http://www.dji.com/product/spreading-wings-s1000/download 

APPENDIX B- USERS MANUALS