Whoa… 2 grand? That’s really a lot! If this is your First build, I guarantee you will crash it at some point. You will break stuff. I’d much, much rather crash

Whoa… 2 grand? That’s really a lot! If this is your First build, I guarantee you will crash it at some point. You will break stuff. I’d much, much rather crash my 150-bucks quad than a 2000-bucks video drone. You can build a nice entry-level quadcopter for around $250,-: You actually don't need that much: - Frame (F330 clone $8.90) - Motors x4 (Turnigy 1000kv, $18.20) - ESC's x4 (Turnigy 30A, $9.99, flash them with SimonK) - Flight Controller (KK2.1, € 29.99) - Transmitter + receiver (Turnigy 9x, € 59.99) - Props (2CW, 2CCW, $2.46 per 2. Do get extras!) - Battery (2200Mah 3S 25C, $10.57) - Charger (Turnigy Balance charger, $22.95) Total cost: a couple cents over $250. You can do even cheaper when shopping around Chinese webshops, but this should give you a pretty good idea. All of these parts are from Hobbyking, by the way. (Edit: formatting) Having built and flown a couple of them, I highly recommend the APM flight controller. It’s highly configurable, but flies very well from the start. As opposed to (my experience) the MultiWii, for instance. I order everything from Chinese webshops (dx.com and banggood.com) and they are faultless. Quality is okay, prices are rock bottom and customer service is surprisingly good. This was a great article when I started out: http://fpvcentral.net/2013/03/high-performance-quadcopter-for-120-step-1-the-shopping-list/ http://fpvcentral.net/2013/03/high-performance-quadcopter-fo...