applewhite aero
APPLEWHITE AERO U S NMANNED YSTEMS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
Paul Applewhite, President
3/4/14
Company Overview • Entry Level UAVs – Milo: 15 to 25 pounds, Gas or Electric Power – Oculus: 6 Pounds, Hand Launched, Up to 3 hours – Invenio: 3 Pounds
• Training – Legal and Loggable • Design Services • Prototyping Services
UAV RegulaPons (the good ‘ole days) • 1981 – AC91-‐57 – One Page RegulaPon • AMA (Academy of Model AeronauPcs) – 145,000 members – 3000 known flying sites – Aircra\ up to 55 pounds, 125 with waiver – Self CerPfy – Follow their rules, and they will cover you with insurance
AC91-‐57, Published 1981
2007 -‐ Docket No. FAA-‐2006-‐25714 • “Simply stated, an unmanned aircra\ is a device that is used, or is intended to be used, for flight in the air with no onboard pilot.” • Separated amateur from commercial UAVs. • Formalized the COA Process (Government enPty only) • Required airworthiness cerPficates for all commercial UAVs….although only an experimental cerPficate would be granted. • Made no disPncPon between flights near populated areas versus remote areas. • Made no disPncPon between development flights versus commercial flight operaPons.
So What does it Take to Comply with the Special Airworthiness DirecPves? • UAV Pilots-‐Private Pilot, Second Class Medical, CRM Training • Supplemental Pilots -‐ Second Class Medical, Private Pilot Wriien Passed, CRM • Observer – Second Class Medical, CRM • AircraN-‐RegistraPon, Maintenance Program, Maintenance Records, Operators Manual, Experimental Airworthiness CerPficate • Ground StaOon (i.e. Computer) – Maintenance Manual, Maintenance Logbook • Backup Generator – Maintenance Logbook • FCC Experimental License • Site Approval – Restricted Area or Area Approved by ATC
Per FAA 8900.227
(We started in August of 2012 and received our cerOficaOon in August of 2014.) (……….Canada only took us 14 days. Oh yeah, buy an insurance policy)
So What Did it Take to Get a Special Airworthiness CerPficaPon for N486LQ from the FAA? • IniOal Review – 4 months • FCC Radio License – One month for the first locaPon, 5 months for the second locaPon • RegistraOon – 4 months (Manager versus Owner) • Markings – ‘Experimental’ • AFM ExempOon – Rejected the first Pme since we failed to state why approval would be in the ‘Public Interest.’ Government sent approval leier to the wrong person the second Pme.
The Actual ExempPon Leier September 11, 2013 Exemption No. 10869 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2013-0654 Mr. Don Bintz Applewhite Aero 2709 Cyrano Avenue Henderson, NV 89052 Dear Mr. Bintz: This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends. The Basis for Our Decision By letters submitted July 19 and 30, 2013 you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Applewhite Aero (Applewhite), for an exemption from §§ 91.9(b) and 91.203(a) and (b) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). This exemption will allow Applewhite to operate an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that does not carry and display the aircraft’s airworthiness, certification, and registration documents required under part 91. The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Applewhite.
The Big Day – August 12th, 2014
Where were we?
(a really quick history of aviaPon)
Wright Brothers 1903
End of WWI -‐ 1918
Aircra\ Development of the 1920s Allan, Malcom, Glen, Bill, Mac, Donald, Jack, and Roy were very busy. (as well as thousands of others)
15 Years Later -‐ 1933
What They -‐ and many others-‐ Created in Only 15 Years • Lockheed Mar,n • Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) • Northrup Grumman Services – Airlines, air freight, air mail, exploraOon Secondary Industries -‐ Alcoa, Bendix, Pra` & Whitney, Hamilton Standard, Goodyear, BF Goodrich, Sperry, etc. Technologies -‐ Metallurgy, Sheet Metal, Forgings, CasOngs, Fastening Technology, Machining Technology, Brakes, Tires, Windshields, Hydraulics, Flight Instruments, NavigaOon Radios, CommunicaOon Radios, etc.
Ooops Air Commerce Act of 1926
In the early years of the 20th century aviaPon in America was not regulated. There were frequent accidents, during the pre-‐war exhibiPon era(1910–16) and especially during the barnstorming decade of the 1920s. Many aviaPon leaders of the Pme believed that federal regulaPon was necessary to give the public confidence in the safety of air transportaPon. Opponents of this view included those who distrusted government interference or wished to leave any such regulaPon to state authoriPes. At the urging of aviaPon industry leaders, who believed the airplane could not reach its full commercial potenPal without Federal acPon to improve and maintain safety standards, President Calvin Coolidge appointed a board to invesPgate the issue. The board's report favored federal safety regulaPon. To that end, the Air Commerce Act became law on May 20, 1926.
Recent Developments in US Manufacturing • • • • • • •
1972-‐Lockheed, Douglas, Boeing Regional Aircra\ – 30 to 100 Seat Aircra\ Large Commercial Marine Vessels -‐ Lost Consumer Electronics -‐ Lost CAD/CAM/CNC The New UAV Kids Jobless Wealth
Things Needed to Make a UAV • CompuPng Horsepower • CommunicaPon • Sensors – Pitch, Roll, Yaw • Servos • Payloads – Cameras, Sensors • NavigaPon – GPS • Skilled Labor (but not a massive factory)
Things Needed to Make any Unmanned System (Tractors, Bulldozers, Backhoes, Marine Systems, etc.)
• CompuPng Horsepower • CommunicaPon • Sensors – Pitch, Roll, Yaw • Servos • Payloads – Cameras, Sensors • NavigaPon – GPS • Skilled Labor (Maybe a massive factory) (It’s the same stuff as a UAV)
Other Dates to Consider • 1978 – Jobs, Wozniak, Allen, and Gates • 1952 – MIT Hooks up a Computer to a milling Machine and drives X,Y, and Z axis
Summary
Contact Info:
Paul Applewhite [email protected] 206-‐762-‐5285
Paul Applewhite, President
3/4/14
Company Overview • Entry Level UAVs – Milo: 15 to 25 pounds, Gas or Electric Power – Oculus: 6 Pounds, Hand Launched, Up to 3 hours – Invenio: 3 Pounds
• Training – Legal and Loggable • Design Services • Prototyping Services
UAV RegulaPons (the good ‘ole days) • 1981 – AC91-‐57 – One Page RegulaPon • AMA (Academy of Model AeronauPcs) – 145,000 members – 3000 known flying sites – Aircra\ up to 55 pounds, 125 with waiver – Self CerPfy – Follow their rules, and they will cover you with insurance
AC91-‐57, Published 1981
2007 -‐ Docket No. FAA-‐2006-‐25714 • “Simply stated, an unmanned aircra\ is a device that is used, or is intended to be used, for flight in the air with no onboard pilot.” • Separated amateur from commercial UAVs. • Formalized the COA Process (Government enPty only) • Required airworthiness cerPficates for all commercial UAVs….although only an experimental cerPficate would be granted. • Made no disPncPon between flights near populated areas versus remote areas. • Made no disPncPon between development flights versus commercial flight operaPons.
So What does it Take to Comply with the Special Airworthiness DirecPves? • UAV Pilots-‐Private Pilot, Second Class Medical, CRM Training • Supplemental Pilots -‐ Second Class Medical, Private Pilot Wriien Passed, CRM • Observer – Second Class Medical, CRM • AircraN-‐RegistraPon, Maintenance Program, Maintenance Records, Operators Manual, Experimental Airworthiness CerPficate • Ground StaOon (i.e. Computer) – Maintenance Manual, Maintenance Logbook • Backup Generator – Maintenance Logbook • FCC Experimental License • Site Approval – Restricted Area or Area Approved by ATC
Per FAA 8900.227
(We started in August of 2012 and received our cerOficaOon in August of 2014.) (……….Canada only took us 14 days. Oh yeah, buy an insurance policy)
So What Did it Take to Get a Special Airworthiness CerPficaPon for N486LQ from the FAA? • IniOal Review – 4 months • FCC Radio License – One month for the first locaPon, 5 months for the second locaPon • RegistraOon – 4 months (Manager versus Owner) • Markings – ‘Experimental’ • AFM ExempOon – Rejected the first Pme since we failed to state why approval would be in the ‘Public Interest.’ Government sent approval leier to the wrong person the second Pme.
The Actual ExempPon Leier September 11, 2013 Exemption No. 10869 Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2013-0654 Mr. Don Bintz Applewhite Aero 2709 Cyrano Avenue Henderson, NV 89052 Dear Mr. Bintz: This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, including the date it ends. The Basis for Our Decision By letters submitted July 19 and 30, 2013 you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of Applewhite Aero (Applewhite), for an exemption from §§ 91.9(b) and 91.203(a) and (b) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR). This exemption will allow Applewhite to operate an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that does not carry and display the aircraft’s airworthiness, certification, and registration documents required under part 91. The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Applewhite.
The Big Day – August 12th, 2014
Where were we?
(a really quick history of aviaPon)
Wright Brothers 1903
End of WWI -‐ 1918
Aircra\ Development of the 1920s Allan, Malcom, Glen, Bill, Mac, Donald, Jack, and Roy were very busy. (as well as thousands of others)
15 Years Later -‐ 1933
What They -‐ and many others-‐ Created in Only 15 Years • Lockheed Mar,n • Boeing (McDonnell Douglas) • Northrup Grumman Services – Airlines, air freight, air mail, exploraOon Secondary Industries -‐ Alcoa, Bendix, Pra` & Whitney, Hamilton Standard, Goodyear, BF Goodrich, Sperry, etc. Technologies -‐ Metallurgy, Sheet Metal, Forgings, CasOngs, Fastening Technology, Machining Technology, Brakes, Tires, Windshields, Hydraulics, Flight Instruments, NavigaOon Radios, CommunicaOon Radios, etc.
Ooops Air Commerce Act of 1926
In the early years of the 20th century aviaPon in America was not regulated. There were frequent accidents, during the pre-‐war exhibiPon era(1910–16) and especially during the barnstorming decade of the 1920s. Many aviaPon leaders of the Pme believed that federal regulaPon was necessary to give the public confidence in the safety of air transportaPon. Opponents of this view included those who distrusted government interference or wished to leave any such regulaPon to state authoriPes. At the urging of aviaPon industry leaders, who believed the airplane could not reach its full commercial potenPal without Federal acPon to improve and maintain safety standards, President Calvin Coolidge appointed a board to invesPgate the issue. The board's report favored federal safety regulaPon. To that end, the Air Commerce Act became law on May 20, 1926.
Recent Developments in US Manufacturing • • • • • • •
1972-‐Lockheed, Douglas, Boeing Regional Aircra\ – 30 to 100 Seat Aircra\ Large Commercial Marine Vessels -‐ Lost Consumer Electronics -‐ Lost CAD/CAM/CNC The New UAV Kids Jobless Wealth
Things Needed to Make a UAV • CompuPng Horsepower • CommunicaPon • Sensors – Pitch, Roll, Yaw • Servos • Payloads – Cameras, Sensors • NavigaPon – GPS • Skilled Labor (but not a massive factory)
Things Needed to Make any Unmanned System (Tractors, Bulldozers, Backhoes, Marine Systems, etc.)
• CompuPng Horsepower • CommunicaPon • Sensors – Pitch, Roll, Yaw • Servos • Payloads – Cameras, Sensors • NavigaPon – GPS • Skilled Labor (Maybe a massive factory) (It’s the same stuff as a UAV)
Other Dates to Consider • 1978 – Jobs, Wozniak, Allen, and Gates • 1952 – MIT Hooks up a Computer to a milling Machine and drives X,Y, and Z axis
Summary
Contact Info:
Paul Applewhite [email protected] 206-‐762-‐5285
