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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’Av ion LLC we:

Safely fly your mission

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

• Autonomous flight is required for proper data collection.12 • 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 s potter 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 pr op 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 presen t 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 protecti on and are within 500 feet of the UA, flight

operations will cease immediately in a manner ensuring

the safety of nonparticipating persons; and13 o The owner/controller of any vessels, vehicles or

structures has granted permission for operating closer to

thos e 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 t o 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 power14 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

• Be ware 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.15 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 int erfere 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

• Quadcopte rs are basically flying lawnmower s. They can be dangerous if not operated

carefully. Here are some quadcopter safety precautions to keep in mind:16 § If you’re about to crash into something, turn the throttle down to zero, so you

don’t potentially destroy yo ur 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.