As I begin my first UAV build, I thought I would document it both to help folks in the future and to get any advice or recommendations for my build. I really wanted to build a Bixler, but the SKU I wanted was perpetually out-of-stock at HobbyKing so I went with the Sky Surfer v3 ARF from Banana Hobby.
My build will support APM 1.4 and GoPro HDH2. Eventually I may add telemetry and FPV, but I mig…