"I am interested in autonomous flight, and have a project in mind which, with some help from other members of my local R/C club, I hope to implement in the long term. I've been investigating various hardware options (Ardupilot, etc) and the UAV board…"
"Perhaps you have your aeroplane already. But if not, you could do worse than a Hobbico NexSTAR 46. A version of this is available with the airframe (a solid 69" trainer), radio and engine, along with a cut-down version of the RealFlight flight…"