"err... broken link www.nationalinfrared.com under the products section for hand held devices. it should be easy enough to hard wire the ribon cable going to the display into a RF transmiter. that way the image processing for persons recognition can…"

"the Palm IR pro might be a good choice for the IR camera, very sensative and can be switched between black/white hot and color. B/W might be a beter choice when programing for auto recognition of hot spots.  …"

"i came across RQ-1 style kits on the fleabay for $70 (minus motors servos and electronics) it is feasable to use a weedwacker or similar motor and get a good range and decent payload. most of the cost would be in the FLIR unit. coupled with a…"

"I see Chris has a new website for the commercial uav which is falcon-uav.com  "

"Getting a FAA COA to fly the missions is a bigger hurdle than buying a system.   You should talk with Chris Miser of CLMax Engineering (google his website).  He has a system for just your intended use under development, which I consult on…"

"I liked the looks of the Tau line from a company FLIR i don't know if there is any stipulations on buyers though.  also see http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/flir-tau-and-other-ir-cameras  "

"One possible solution but far too expensive from my perspective.   http://www.draganfly.com/uav-helicopter/draganflyer-x6/"

"Any suggestion on a particular IR camera ?   Thanks"

"The link below should be a good start based on your parameters above. http://www.insitu.com/inceptor"

"I am currently working for a small company providing aerial surveillance solutions.  We are looking to adapt our low-cost unmanned system to an SAR application.  I would like to talk further to understand how you would like to solve you…"

"  I am exploring this possibility as well. I am in Canada, so that opens some doors and closes others. We should talk as I have found some things out but don't have anything running yet. I know some Canadian Companies that have…"

"What kind of battery are you using and what kind of flight time you getting? Looks good. You want to sell me a frame like that one?"

"I'll be d@mned before I would strap my phone to a drone of any kind. But if you are strapping your phone to a drone why not just code the software on the phone to use the phone GPS to tell the position instead of trying to integrate with the…"

"there are ways of making it go longer (smaller camera)"

""as long as you wish"... 3minutes without camera i think"

"Well the Falcon 8 from Ascending Technologies can be made to hover for as long as you wish. (I think) It could also be carrying the FLIR camera. Good luck with your investigations!"