Hey one and all
I was wandering if any body could guide me in buying/building a good, reliable and sturdy octocopter to use for aireal photography/cinematography (sorry for my english,but I'm danish)
As of now I have next to none experience in this field but hope to gain a lot over next many years :-)
Since this will be my first real encounter with this kind of aireal photography, then I do not want it to be overly expensive and at the same time I would like to get my hands a bit "dirty" which is why I would preffere not buy a off-the-rack kit
finally just to clearyfi ... I have nothing and therefore I need everything except for the actual camera :-)
I'm looking forward to rescieve alot of do's and dont's :-D
Kind regards
Jakob
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The words "newbie" and "octocopter" are not a good combination. I'd suggest starting small and simple and then work your way up as you learn more about flying and working with multirotors. The quadcopter and hexacopter kits from 3D Robotics are a great starting place. When you inevitably crash them there are replacement parts available that are fairly inexpensive. There's also a large community of users with that hardware which makes it easier to ask questions and get help.
http://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-arducopter-quad-c-frame-kit-1
http://store.3drobotics.com/products/arducopter-3dr-hexa-b-1