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It will be the size of a mini racing quad but it will be able to carry all the stuff a larger quad can. Hexes are also much more stable.

This multirotor will fly circles around any pre-built aswell as be able to hold 2 cameras and having tons of options for upgrades. I do not recommend this build for your first build unless you are willing to go slow and make mistakes. If you would like a good first build part list let me know. If you have never flown a multirotor before I highly recommend getting this cheap pre-built it's $30 bucks and worth every cent if you are learning how to fly. Part list: Frame: X1 HK mini thorax Power distrobution: X1 DIY 8X PCB 32bit flight Controller: 1X Naze32 Acro Motors: 6X DYS BE1806 1806 2300KV Electronic speed controllers (ESCs): 6X Rotorgeeks 12A BLHeli ESC V4 Battery and needed parts for the battery: XT60 connectors, Battery, Wire black 12AWG Red12AWG I like to get 3 meters + of each whenever I order, you won't need that much but it's always handy to have extra. This wire is much better than anything I have found elsewhere online or at the the hardware store. As it says it's pure Silicone. Landing gear: 1X Universal Nylon Landing Skid Props: Gemfan 5x4 Carbon Nylon Propeller get more than 6 because porps break. Extras: 18AWG wire Red and Black, LED lighting strip Solder and soldering iron, Heat shrink, Hot glue gun. More comming soon.

Awesome, thanks guys!

I'm looking for a good resource for a cheap 2TB drive I say cheap but nothing horrible, something along the lines of a WD blue. I don't care if it's used. The Seagate - 2TB Internal Serial ATA is what i'm looking at now. Any ideas?

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Well said! And yes parts can be tricky depending on your build. http://www.hobbyking.com/ ships everywhere it's legal. Just don't use their Swiss Post option for batteries. 3D printed frames are a viable option, especially if you reinforce the arms with carbon fiber rods, however you will break your frame a lot and have to keep printing new ones. The $30 frame linked above is composite and will handle a crash much better than plastic, there are also lots of full carbon fiber frames out there but they can be pricy.

Not anymore, it's gotten pretty easy. I'd say harder than building your basic PC but easier than building a custom water cooled rig. As long as you can do some basic soldering and follow instructions it's fine. Also, to anyone interested here's a video that shows off some FPV racing. All of the flying in this video is done by someone with FPV LCD goggles on or an LCD screen.

With the 32bit AfroFlight Naze32 board that costs $25 and comes with baseflight (free and open source sofware) https://github.com/multiwii/baseflight already flashed it in most cases will outperform the DJi NAZA board and the NAZA will make the parrot look silly. If you have a huge multi rotor for professional videography the NAZA might be better but you can still buy that separate for $80-90 and put it on any rig. as for the controls nothing will beat the dual sticks for precision but with some tweaking it looks like you can use a joystick or gamepad I have never done this though http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/flying-with-a-joystickgamepad-instead-of-rc-controller/ . And getting into FPV (first person view) flying is huge right now with the home builts.

Control system, software to see the camera, etc is already made. Open and free. Maybe I'll make a build guide to show how easy it for my next project. The only thing that's tricky at all is some super super basic soldering that anyone could learn in five minutes.

So many people seem to be excited about multi copters from DJi and Parrot, but I don't see how they are any different than buying an Alienware PC. Pros of a pre built multicopter vs something you build yourself. Almost no setup. Good integration with phones. This includes all the snazzy features. Great for people that just want something to work out of the box and don't want to tinker with anything. Can't really think of anything else, warranty maybe? Some of the big cons vs a homebuilt. Much much less customization. Getting less than what you would be paying for with a home built. less features (Like I said before it's exactly like buying a prebuilt PC) Software limitations. Proprietary parts. That said the Parrot Bebop is pretty cool, i'm still sure I could build something that would outperform the Bebop in pretty much every way for the same if not less though . Edit: In the next month or so (hopefully sooner) I will be starting my next build. It's a budget mini hex based on this frame http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__66622__HobbyKing_Thorax_Mini_FPV_Hex_Multi_Rotor_Frame_Kit.html And I will make a basic guide as I do it. If anyone wants a part list for $XXX amount feel free to let me know.

Too much of almost anything can be harmful, I think it's the parents job to help balance things if the kid can't for him/herself.

AxCrypt looks okay but I really don't know about any good alternatives.

^ This. I just got mine for around $80 used on ebay. They have IMHO hands down the most accurate sound for pretty much anything in the price range. And accurate everything, from bass to mids and highs it IMHO does over or under do anything. I like bass but I do not like over done bass like so many headphones seem to have these (to me) have perfect bass. I've seen them for $99 on sale at http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/ATH-M50 Here's a good review done by mkbhd.

I'm known as the family, family friends, random people I don't actually know that somehow know someone I know, free tech support guy. Anyways, a family friend heard that I was "good with computers" and asked if she could bring her new computer over because she lost her pictures on it. I told her sure and that it should only take a minute to find out if they are still on her computer. When she arrived low and behold it was a brand new iMac (I have no clue or love when it comes to Macs) I said something along the lines of ahh it's a Mac and she then smiled and said I thought you would be impressed! I then asked her what she was looking for and she said she was missing some pictures she had on it and that her computer was being crazy and would turn off every 20 minuets on the dot. After I figured out how to get to the equivalent of C:\ I scanned the 1000s of pictures (the ones we needed were not showing up in the picture app or whatever) they were all named with some number code. I found the pictures she was looking after a long while and then asked her if she wanted me to show her how to see all the items in the Hard drive in case this happened again she then replied "Wow cool I did not know I had a hard drive!"

What happened with Truecrypt looks really shady, it has been known as one of the safest applications to use. When the site was taken down they recommended to use bitlocker, bitlocker is what Windows Enterprise has built in and almost definitely has NSA back doors. Here's a link to an article + download https://www.grc.com/misc/truecrypt/truecrypt.htm it's hard to know what to trust now, I really don't trust anything anymore lol. 1. Yes. 2. No you will not lose the data as long as the folder is on another hard drive. 3. Yes, you can email the encrypted file. Also if you really want to be safe use a 20+ character password even if it's something like I do not like to eat spoiled meat in the summer because 2000 is a number. Hope this helps!