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Hardware To Avoid When Building Your First Multirotor

Hobbyists new to Arducopter, or Ardupilot in general, often make the mistake of starting out with sub-par hardware which in the best case causes frustration and in the worst case actually costs them more in the long run when expectations are not met and the hardware has to be replaced. So, the following is a suggested list of hardware to avoid. I realize cost is often a driving factor or limitation but this is not considering that, simply performance. Flight Controllers: The APM flight control…

2.4.8 bad, Radiolink bad.

What @Rolf says. Anything with an H7 MCU and 2MB flash that’s supported by Ardupilot. If your budget is really low, you can go for an FC with F405 MCU, but keep in mind that not all current Ardupilot features will work, and at some point new releases won’t support it at all anymore.