Hi.

I'm looking for a relatively inexpensive platform to try out aerial photography. I'm not really interested in building my own drone so there seem to be only two popular options: either one of the DJI Phantoms or the 3DR Iris.  I understand that neither is a perfect platform but the Iris seems to be the better of the two so that's the way I'm leaning.

I'm trying to work through what I'm going to need but 3DR's shop seems to mainly cater for hobbyists who want to put it together themselves, and know what they're looking for.  There's also a lot of information here but some of it seems to refer to the development kit version of the Iris, which is a bit confusing for me.

I think I may have got it narrowed down to the following though. Does this look right?  What have I missed?

I have the following doubts:

Can anyone confirm that I can use a Google Nexus 7 tablet with the planner software and hardware to set up autonomous flights? Does the RTF kit include all the hardware I need for that?

Does the charger that comes with the IRIS charge the higher capacity Zippy 5Ah batteries or do I need something more powerful?

How easy is it in practice to unscrew the arms on the Iris to reduce its space needs for transport? From the manual section on replacing the arms it seems it should be pretty straightforward, but does that that hold up in practice?

Ian