I would love for it to be able to have lots of spare power as I would like to mount a camera in the near future, which can relay data via wifi. I don't know whether this makes any real difference to the controller used.
I know there are pre-made solutions for this already, like the ArduCopter board and what not, but £200 on a board seems quite overkill.
I have put some research into this already, it isn't a quick post to a forum to get someone else to do the hardwork, so I do have an idea of what I need. I would like to see if someone who knows what they are doing it able to come up with a similar shopping list, so I don't end up buying something that either isn't needed, or doesn't work with my solution.
Keep in mind that building, testing, and flying an indoor machine can be much more challenging and subject to damages then a larger outdoor model. You have less margin of error from things like furniture, ceilings, etc then you do outdoors. Take it from one who finally mastered learning to fly a small indoor R/C helicopter, there were several early and costly 'accidents' before the learning curve flattened out. Now I have a blast with it. Only time will tell if you will actually save money on a DIY design, build and tested model Vs a proven kit or assembled version, (assuming a small indoor model is available) but I wouldn't bet on it.
You can get cheap parts from HobbyKing, mine was less than $100 total.
But I wouldn't fly it indoors until I have many hours of practice.
It's easier to fix the frame than a glass window...
