UAV for oblique and vertical imagery capture

I need some help guys:  

I've been asked to buy a UAV system that is capable of capturing oblique and nadir imagery with a real endurance of 20+ minutes.  The minimum setup would be 2 cameras:  one down and the other pointed forward at a 45 degree angle.  They probably need to be gyro stabilized.  Ideal setup would be 5 cameras:  one down and the other 4 pointed out at 45 degree angles. Photos would need to be taken with 50-60% overlap and I need the gps and imu readings written out and saved as well.  The system would need way points, as we want it to follow a N-S or E-W path on each run and capture imagery for essentially surveying purposes.  I was thinking to use gopros for this, but 

To be honest, I really just rather buy a complete system, but I haven't been been able to find anything that meets the specs.

Any suggestions?

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  • Jeff, I have a FX-61 Phantom and FX-79 Buffalo configured as per your request. Flight times are well over 1 hour and range about 30 miles with the 5,800 mha 3s setup. Are you point cloud mapping or just stitching aerial images ? I find the downward point cameras and oblique together fill in the gaps for forest canopies quite nicely in the point cloud. see my post here   http://www.ents-bbs.org/viewtopic.php?f=235&t=6491    and here http://www.ents-bbs.org/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=6490   on what I am doing get back to me if interested. I can deliver a fully functional and ready to fly UAV that fits your specifications. Lead time would be 1 week for slightly used UAV or 5 weeks new. This UAV can create 3D point clouds with topographic height banding using various open source software. Mike

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    Jeff,

    What is your timeframe? PM me if you like.

    Kind regards,

    Thorsten

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