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I'll be up front, 

Brand new to this.  Almost fanboy level of excitement.  But old enough to know to do research and planning.  Had an RC helicopter years ago.  Love building it, but never got the feel for flying it.  I have "adult" level funds and, as long as I  start the project, patience.  (Firm believer of measure twice, cut once)...

I originally got hooked into drones through the AR angle of the parrot drone.  That lead me to the DJI, through wanting to take my GOPROS along.  The tinkerer in me fell in love with the idea of building my own.

My goals are pretty simple, and I'm willing to go steps at a time.

maximize air time of course

be able to EVENTUALLY carry dual go pros in 3d housing

be expandable, gadgets (sonar, fpv, gps), programming, etc

so yeah, thats about it.  

I'd like to pick up a frame and do everything from there.

My first obstacle is... will quad copter be enough?

Honestly it will be a year before I am attaching the 3d housing (at least) but I want this to be a permanent project.

hex? oct?  

I'll do enough leg work to make intelligent questions, just need to know who to ask.

Thanks for the time spent reading my rant.