pixelsafoison:
Hey =) - I can't say anything about propellers since they are unknown to me but as an arduino beginner I must say that the ammount of help you can get on this platform is pretty amazing ... Take any module or component and there's a dozen tutorials for it, that's priceless..I find the learning curve with electronics to be a complete bi**h since I'm starting from absolutely nothing (I keep on frying arduinos and transistors like there's no tomorrow - code is pretty easy and fun on the other hand) but at least with an arduino even though my budget is tight too (i'm a psychology student, miles away from electronics) I can afford my numerous mistakes - because if I fry a cheap "pro mini" It's only going to cost me around 1.5€ (to be fair I also fried a UNO that costed me 25€ to replace - it took a lot of abuse and survived before dying tho ... they are really well made lil' things, I just suck at electronics) and they are extremely good at what they do. Not sure if you can have the same level of "forgiveness" from propellers?
My fav cheapies so far:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10Pcs-Lot-Pro-Mini-Module-Atmega328-5V-16M-For-Arduino-Compatible-With-Nano/1432639609.htmlWell all I can say is that I highly recommend buying an arduino UNO :3 (or even the starter kit if you can afford)
Thanks for the reply. I'll probably be getting one of the starter kits on eBay so I have some sensors and input devices to play with. Also, thanks for the link. I'll check it out. Good luck not killing your electronics BTW!