Recent content by garrytre

Hi Chris I really liked all the shots around Wilpena. I've walked across & along all those ridges, in my youth, when I was only 40. Bloody hard work. Extra special to see them from the air. I'll keep an eye out for more of your stuff. Is it rude to ask what height you were?

PhiliusFoggg Well, being an ex-beekeper, now ecologist and behaviour analyst, I've found this interesting and followed it up a bit. Wikipedia is pretty good for bee stuff. >workers are sterile Laying worker bee - Wikipedia > drone mating flight triggers. weather - warm, still, dry. That...

If you're talking about honey bees, Apis mellifera, it's pretty unlikely that bees were actually attacking your drone, more likely you flew through the middle of a swarm. To get a colony to attack, you'd have to be pretty close to their house. And if it was an attack, you'd have nectar - very...

Drone with infrared? How much would this cost? Heaps. But here are some good reasons for spending the money. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-23/drone-technology-finds-feral-pests-in-rural-victoria/100151520

Is there an option to get an infra-red camera on a consumer-priced drone? So see through vegetation. I've seen scientists and conservationists using infra-red on drones, but their drones cost the price of my car. When COVID hit, these pilots changed course. Now, they're hunting pests in...

With such a tight schedule, I'm interested in what the guy had to do, and how long he had to do it. Maybe a 10 minute drive to look around the site? I'd love to see his checklist. I suspect more likely he'd sign off on lots of other reports that had been written over the preceeding days, weeks...

My Samsung Galaxy S6 Lite hasn't given me any probs. I'm no expert, but here's my general report. I got the non-SIM card version, so it uses wifi from my other phone. It's the 64GB (not 128GB) version. It will take a 64GB micro-SD. Again, I'm no expert, but if I wanted that I'd have a think...

Oh come on! I've just bought a hand-held laser rangefinder, 1000 metres range, accurate to ~1m , 150AUD, not optimised for flight, 250g. As a built-in, you'd look at no extra battery or casing or glass lenses or wrist loop, no extra inventory cost, <20g, <20AUD. And as per someone above, I've...