"Ah, yet another reminder of how out of date I am. Good catch, John."

"Boot Camp allows you to partition without losing any existing data. I did mine a year after I originaly bought my iMac. "

"Its been a while since i've partitioned a drive but it usually requires a clean drive to create the partitions, than load up the separate sections as if they were different drives. The desktop will appear to have separate drive icons and they…"

"question. I have mac book pro and have wanted to load up bootcamp but am scared about the partitioning part. Is it safe to do after the fact or is bootcamp best to get going on a clean install of osx."

"My old iBook just died and I was thinking of replacing it with an iPad since I use it for mobil commo mostly. So getting an MSI laptop for this function seems like a good move. I'm upgrading my G4 mini to a 2010 duo which I could make field…"

"Im a Mac guy, my primary computer is an iMac but for my UAV I use a $400 MSI Windows laptop. That being said, Boot Camp on Mac works very well, its easy to use, and if you already have a Mac laptop its definitely cheaper to buy a copy of Windows…"

"Yeah. I hear ya. I have had both of them running before, makes make mac work to hard. Maybe getting a small netbook or cheap laptop just for the hobby."

"Roger that, I'm thinking of getting a used PC laptop rather than getting bogged down in the dual Mac/Windows interface. Thanks Chris"

"The Spektrum telemetry kit won't do you much good, since it doesn't work with APM. You should get the new 3DR Telemetry kit, which will connect to a laptop and give you full autopilot control as well as full aircraft and autopilot…"

"John, So, my feed back is to go into telemetry as a first step. So, at the risk of really showing my ignorance, what exactly does that entail. I can upgrade to a Spektrum DX8 and get the telemetry gear and my batt voltage, temp, RPM, and signal…"

"Gianni, Here's a link to a recent flight where  I had the vid running and edited it down to a short zip around the bay and an onboard landing shot. http://calljerry.biz/WaterMonsterVid-SH.mov Aerial Photography…"

"I believe you just need to have VM ware or parallels running windows on your mac to run Mission planner. Your plane mods are very cool. :) Would love to see video of it landing!!"

"JM, thanks, I'll do the telemetry first and am checking out the Mac issues."

"I also recommend adding the telemetry before adding a camera. You mentined Mac interface, I dont think the Mission Planner has a Mac version. Youd need to run a PC emulator or Boot Camp."

"Francios, I call this plane a "CheeseStar" because I used the Blitz Sky Surfer airframe which is an Easy Star rip-off and Easy Star wings. The camera is a Pentax W30 water and shock proof wired for TX shutter release. Battery on all my…"

"Jerry, a picture would be appreciated. I'm trying to visualize an Easy Star in water with camera gear... It sounds like every mission ends in a ditching! Is the bottom arc of your prop below the waterline when you are in "tug boat"…"