Matek is a Chinese flight controller manufacturer. Their hardware is bare bones by comparison to the Cube series, but it tends to work fairly well in a lot of ArduPilot applications. Prices are hard to beat.
Have a look at these blog posts for some really solid build ideas.
[ArduCopter 7" LR Build Video 1 - Intro and Unboxing]
I do a lot of smaller copter tuning and I know it’s hard. In fact many of the features I have developed have been primarily targeted at making smaller copters work better - why should BetaFlight have all the fun.
I therefore proposed to the investment committee that I do a series of standard builds so that people could basically copy the setup and quickly and easily get a really great ArduCopter experience. This is the result.
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[ArduCopter Rekon 5" Build Video 1 - Frame Assembly, ESC and Motor Mounting]
I do a lot of smaller copter tuning and I know it’s hard. In fact many of the features I have developed have been primarily targeted at making smaller copters work better - why should BetaFlight have all the fun.
I therefore proposed to the investment committee that I do a series of standard builds so that people could basically copy the setup and quickly and easily get a really great ArduCopter experience…