Hi guys,
I've been dreaming of making a muli-rotor for years now. My first attempt into this area was taking a very old fixed wing plane and wiring it up with an Arduino, Bluetooth and Android phone as part of a hack day in my third year of uni. I never did get as far as flying the thing due to a lack of time and, well, money.
Nearly half a decade later, I'm planning to actually build and fly my first flying machine. I've decided to base mine on the toolbox quadrotor seen here: Toolbox Drone
Obviously it's not going to be the most efficient or aerodynamic creation but the sight of that flying toolbox made me grin so much I had to try. And hey, the built-in cargo hold may come in handy for something light! =D
So I've started putting together my shopping list of things I need to build my first quad. My initial aims are to have basic flight capability with remote control. The two goals after that will be adding a camera (GoPro in all likely hood) and automated flight using GPS.
So I present to you my shopping list so far: Amazon Wish List
I'm on a budget but also not wanting to cut corners. Could anyone tell me if I've forgotten something obvious or indeed if I've added something I don't really need for the time being? I've figured that the total weight is going to be around 2KG, give or take a hundred grams or so.
Thanks for reading, looking forward to getting involved in this community too :)
Andy
http://www.flitetest.com/articles/box-o-copter-toolbox-quadcopter
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Wow, just took a look at ecalc.ch for the first time (had to guess a lot of the values) but it estimated a flight time of around 3 minutes... might need to work on that! =D
eCalc.ch