I feel like I need a tutor for multirotors. I'm an avid model airplane/glider person but multirotors are new to me. As a builder I want to "build" my multirotor and looking for the following
GPS
FPV
Reasonable payload
Linux based system
Scalable, something I can build on as I develop capablilties
I'm in Marin but can drive to San Jose or wherever I need to.
Any good hobby shops for multirotors?
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Going from airplane to helicopter for me was pretty easy. The learning curve can be hard in some cases but if you know the basics on how an airplane works you'll be just fine. The only 3 major learning curves is the Flight Controller, The orientation witch way the quad is going (harder than you think for beginners), and fpv (ill explain). Now if you want to go into multiroters you have to ask yourself what you want to be. Are you doing this for photography or speed with an action cam to a sporty in-between. If your doing this for filming you might want something bigger with tall landing gears. If you chose sporty then you go to a 300-400mm frame. If you choose (best for NoobZ) a miniquad it would be in the 230-300mm range frame. If you want something that can carry more than just a gopro and fpv I would recommend the sk450 quad by hobbyking. Click here for the link to the frame. This would carry a lot with some sunnysky motors. When it comes to gps i'm not a pro at it but I would highly recommenced buying the cc3d for its waypoint navigation and its popular gps data ports. Now for fpv. I used fpv the 3rd time I flew my airplane. To this day I still cant fly fpv on my quad because I keep drifting backwards and hit something. But with a little practice you can learn pretty fast. With the sk450 frame you will have alot of open room for improvements. FYI I think all gcs software comes available through Linux. Here are the top multirotor sites getfpv.com, readymaderc, and best for parts and kits HobbyKing. If you have any questions just contact me (I would be glad to help)!!!