I'll start with a bit of background information on me... I picked up rc flying as a means to an end about 6 months ago after stumbling on rcexplorer.se, a great site for anyone interested in fpv flying. A few days later I found diydrones.com and I was blown away. I'm not going to lie, I immediately wanted to buy a MASSIVE rc plane, and have it fly to LA. Now before you guys start telling me I am crazy, unsafe, or possibly under the influence of drugs, I will tell you I don't want to do that anymore! I quickly realized the myriad of problems with my wish.I decided to start out small with a Super Cub LP and first learn to fly, and work on planes. Now, I am moving on to my next step, an easystar ARF, outfitted with my old Super Cub's electronics. Next I will outfit my easystar with an fpv system. Then, I plan to overhaul the electronics, before finally putting in ArduPilot.Now, I have begun reading and researching about fpv and autopilot. Last week, I picked up a book from Border's titled Getting Started with Arduino. Now I will warn you that this book has NOTHING to do with RC flight or ardupilot. However, it has taught me a basic understanding of the Arduino IDE, enough that I can understand (to a small extent) the code for the autopilot system. So for anyone that is wondering about Arduino and wants a basic understanding of the coding, and how the board works, I strongly suggest Getting Started with Arduino. Its daunting 110 pages :P offer a strong basic knowledge of the board and IDE.
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