Just for fun, here the list of RC stuff I have with costs (all in US$):
- Transmitter Walkera Devo 7 with Genius CP helicopter: 300
- 4 Batteries for Genius CP: 20
- Replacement parts for Genius CP (blades, tail unit): 30
That’s a total of 350 for a complete set. Nothing else really needed.
Now some extra parts which make this more fun (or less painful as charging batteries is not really fun at all):
- LiFe transmitter battery (3S, 9.9V): 10
- LiPo charger (LiFe, NiMH, Pb too): 25
- 12V PSU: zero (I have enough 12V 50W PSUs flying around from all the electronic things I have)
- Charger cable for heli above: 10
At this point much less worries about batteries. Any upcoming costs are now replacement parts.
Now the quadcopter:
- Transmitter Walkera Devo 7: 100
- Receiver RX802 (for above transmitter): 35
- Flame Wheel 330 with Naza: 450 (bought in Japan)
- LiPo batteries 3S 2200 mAh: a 10 = 20
- Cables, adapters, thread glue: 50
That’s about 650 for a complete set. Without the rather expensive Naza flight controller, it’ll be about 500 in total.
Of course there’s an endless list of useful things, but none really needed:
- Better propeller (Graupner, 8×5): 4 times 10 = 40
- GoPro camera or similar (I’ll start with the digicams we have): 200
- Different flight controller (15-200)
- Different frame: 50
- Motors and ESCs: 4 times (30+20) = 200
- Batteries: 50