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APPENDIX A

D’Avion LLC Safety Manual

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D’Avion	LLC UAS Safety	Manual

SAFETY	IS	PRIORITY	#1	AT	D’AVION	LLC

Why is safety important to D’Avion LLC?

• Clients want a safe operation to reduce incidents 

• High client reviews for D’Avion LLC! 

• More business for D’Avion LLC! 

• Represents the UAV community in a positive manner 

At D’Avion LLC we:

Safely fly your mission

• Pilots are responsible for collecting data in a safe manner. 

• Autonomous flight is required for proper data collection. 
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• Refer to specific operators manual for protocols on flying and mission planning. 

• Fly your aircraft within the line of sight of the operator 

• Use a spotter to handle people 

• Ask people to keep their distance during takeoff and landing 

• Ask people to not talk or distract you whilst flying (or land to talk) 

Flying Safety (DOs) 

• DO preflight checks (use your preflight checklist)

o Check prop nuts & fasteners, stability, and controllers. 

• DO fly in less crowded areas and at a minimum ensure flight 

operations are at least 500 feet from all nonparticipating 

person, vessels, vehicles and structures unless: 

o Barriers or structures are present that sufficiently protect 

nonparticipating persons from the UA and/or debris in 

the event of an accident. PIC must ensure that 

nonparticipating persons remain under such protection. 

If a situation arises where nonparticipating persons leave 

such protection and are within 500 feet of the UA, flight 

operations will cease immediately in a manner ensuring 

the safety of nonparticipating persons; and 
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o The owner/controller of any vessels, vehicles or 

structures has granted permission for operating closer to 

those objects and the PIC has made a safety assessment 

of the risk of operating closer to those objects and 

determined that it does not present an undue hazard.

o Less people = safer and less trouble 

• DO rely on your manual skills if GPS fails. 

o Be ready to manually take over if GPS fails to avoid 

a flyaway or crash. 

• DO give yourself a cushion & fly before your motors cutoff. 

o Motors cutoff = unpredictable landings. 

o Motors cutoff = bad for your LiPo batteries. 

o NEVER let UAS drop from the sky then add power
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Flying Safety (DO NOTs) 

• DO NOT ignore the risks of propellers. They are sharp!

• Remove the props or the power to the motors when testing 

• Beware of accidental activations - even accidental armings 

• DO NOT carry an armed quad 

o You may lose a finger or eye!

o Hold the throttle to zero when not using it 

o Make sure the RC receiver you are using has a failsafe 

function on–

§ Program the failsafe so your copter will gradually 

descend 

Flying Safety (DO NOTs) 

• DO NOT fly linearly over major roads. 
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o If you must cross them, do it quickly at a right angle. 

o It’s best to not crash onto a moving or parked vehicle -

this will ruin your day

• DO NOT fly close to humans or animals. 

• DO NOT interfere with full-scale aircraft operations. 

o Such as helicopters assisting with emergency response.

o When not taking off or landing, all planes will normally 

fly over 500 ft. above ground level in the US.

o Controlled airspace reaches the ground up to 5 miles 

around large airports in the US.

D’AVION LLC takes safety VERY seriously – if you are a team 

member with us – we expect you to take it seriously also. Your 

life and the life of others may depend on it!

Important Safety Precautions 

• Quadcopters are basically flying lawnmowers. They can be dangerous if not operated 

carefully. Here are some quadcopter safety precautions to keep in mind: 
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§ If you’re about to crash into something, turn the throttle down to zero, so you 

don’t potentially destroy your quadcopter, injure somebody, or injure 

yourself. 

§ Keep your fingers away from the propellers when they’re moving. 

§ Unplug/take out the battery of the quad before doing any work on it. If it 

turns on accidentally and the propellers start spinning, you might have a 

tough time doing future flights with missing fingers.