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Permalink Reply by bcrow on March 16, 2012 at 2:26pm

$1000.00 - 3000.00 is rolling pretty low for what you want. You may want to build based on a kit - or build up an older model. We bought a more expensive model, but it will pay for itself over time.....an investment. i did not want to have to keep going through what did not work  

my email is bcrow.mt@gmail.com if you would like more info. 

 

 Good luck, great project

 

cheers, byron

 

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Permalink Reply by brakar on March 16, 2012 at 5:52pm

I too suspect the price range is a bit low for a complete system, but you could also have a look at this one: http://www.trigger.pl/pteryx/

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Permalink Reply by Björn Videnberg on March 17, 2012 at 11:29am

Me reflection to this post was that i remember a post about some guy using a skywalker like model equiped with FPV equipment and a flir camera. Used to track down pigs in fields. Getting the gps coordinates from the gps and then stalk them at the ground. Then I guess it works hunting poachers with such plane instead. wont have enormous flight time durability though. If a flir camera works in such conditions.  

Link to the on diydrones, than then was linked to rcgroups or something.

 

http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A...

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Permalink Reply by Murray Spoelstra on April 1, 2012 at 11:03am

I've been considering building one in that price class for the same purpose. I live in South Africa where the Rhinos are being poached at an alarming rate.

Can you tell me more about your requirements Eg. Would it be transported in a vehicle or backback? Does it need to be able to land at a remote location and send back pictures before returning? Does it need to fly at night? How important is vertical take-off and landing?

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