Should I build a tricopter, quadcopter, hexacopter, octocopter or some other configuration? There are lots of choices, but unlike these guys, I decided to start off with the simple stuff.

Which Frame?

Quadcopter

Initially, I didn’t even realize there were any possibilities other than a quadcopter. That is the most popular configuration and seemed like the obvious choice.

Tricopter

But, then I found David Windestål’s site where he goes into great detail on how to build a DIY tricopter. Reading his build plan and watching his flight videos was very inspiring, so I decided to build his tricopter. He uses the KKMulticopter board, so I ordered one of those off ebay, but I noticed most of the other items on his list were sold out at Hobby King, which is the go to site for cheap Chinese quadcopter parts.  Hmm, what to do?
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