"James, I was wondering what you are doing wrt image processing. I have been toying with the idea of modifying a handwriting recognition algorithm to see if it will do the job for shark recognition. Any thoughts or experience in this regard?"

"James, I think the platform can be refined to work. For the cost of a days helicopter hire, I am sure that it would become a non-issue quite quickly.

However, I feel that the key is in the image recognition software. If that can be automated as you…"

"Happy to discuss further Matt.

I just did a quick check on helium prices and it isn't cheap ($135 / 1,150 liter tank retail hire) - with some saying the price is going to increase quickly. However, it still beats the pants off a $4000/hr…"

"Well done James. I live in Perth and have "thought" about this for a long time - but you actually got up and "did it" - which is great.

I have also thought about the balloon idea as well and I think it has certain advantages - particularly if it…"

"Interesting to hear about your experience. I have a QAV500 as well. It has been okay so far except that it does not respond terribly quickly when increasing throttle to slow a descent. Very difficult to slow down in a descent. I was…"

""Any chance of a pic of how the new 3DR Radio connectors should be configured? There seems to be an extra wire on the adapter that was shipped with the APM2.5 v the APM2.0"
OK - found the answer…"

"Any chance of a pic of how the new 3DR Radio connectors should be configured? There seems to be an extra wire on the adapter that was shipped with the APM2.5 v the APM2.0

Many thanks."

"I just bought some FS Predators and they came with a 2S (7.4V). No problems so far."