January 29, 2016 

United States Department of Transportation 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Docket Management System 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, NE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Filed in www.regulations.gov 

AkinGump 

STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 

GREGORY S. WALDEN 

+1 202.887.4213/fax: +1 202.887.4288 

gswalden@akingump.com 

Re: FAA 2015-0048; PrecisionHawk USA, Inc. Petition for Amendment to Exemption 

No. 11345A under Section 333 ofthe FAA Modernization and Reform Act, 49 U.S.C. 

44701(f), and 14 C.F.R. Part 11 

PrecisionHawk USA, Inc. ("PrecisionHawk"), by its counsel, hereby seeks an amendment to 

Exemption No. 11345A to authorize PrecisionHawk to operate the following small unmanned 

aircraft systems ("sUAS") in addition to the previously authorized Lancaster Hawkeye Mk-III, 

for the same purposes and under the same conditions and limitations contained in Exemption No. 

11345, as amended in Exemption No. 11345A: 

• senseFly eBee, senseFly eBee Ag, senseFly eBee RTK, senseFly eXom 

• Ascending Technologies Falcon 8 

• Altavian Nova F6500, Altavian Nova R8400, Altavian Galaxy* 

• 3D Robotics Solo, 3D Robotics Aero-M 

• Yuneec Q500 Typhoon, Yuneec Tornado H920 

• Draganflyer Guardian, Draganflyer X4-P, Draganflyer X4-ES, Draganflyer Commander* 

• DJI Agras,* DJI Phantom 1, DJI Phantom 2, DJI Phantom 2 Vision+, DJI Phantom 3 

Professional, DJI Phantom 3 Advanced, DJI Inspire, DJI Inspire 1, DJI Spreading Wings 

S800, DJI Spreading Wings S900, DJI Spreading Wings S 1000, DJI Spreading Wings 

S1000+, DJI Matrice 100 

Each of these sUAS models (other than three models followed by an asterisk) has been 

authorized by the FAA in previously granted section 333 exemptions to be operated for the same 

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or similar purposes. 1 Because the relief requested herein is all but one respect - set forth below -

the same as the relief requested in previously granted exemptions, and because PrecisionHawk 

will abide by and comply with the terms and conditions in those exemptions, PrecisionHawk 

respectfully requests summary processing of this petition, and that the FAA dispense with 

Federal Register publication and public comment. 

PrecisionHawk also seeks to revise condition #20, which prohibits the pilot in command ("PIC") 

from initiating a flight unless there is reserve power for at least 5 minutes after the planned flight, 

and to seek a concomitant exemption from 14 C.F.R. §91.151. The Lancaster Hawkeye Mk-III 

has a total fight endurance of up to 45 minutes. This sUAS uses a battery charge estimation 

algorithm that automatically lands the UA V with approximately 2 minutes of flight time left. 

Accordingly, PrecisionHawk seeks a revision to condition #20 to replace "5" with "2". 

1 We believe FAA has in its possession the manufacturer manuals for each sUAS listed other than perhaps the three 

models that are followed with an asterisk. Manufacturer manuals for these models will be provided subsequently.