For assembling you will probably need: a 2 mm hex wrench, small and medium Phillips screwdrivers, and a basic soldering iron.
2 pieces of CW brushless motors, D2212 920KV – JMT F15844.Flysky FS-i6 6 channel transmitter (TX).
HJ450 nylon fiber frame kit aka F450 flamewheel airframe.All the parts bellow where precisely stuffed in a small cardboard box (25 x 25 x 25cm). I received the package in 10 days, which is unusually fast for orders from China. For those who are newbies on the DIY filed this issue can be very scary :). Like this would not be enough, the package doesn’t include any instruction about how to assemble the airframe or how to interconnect the flight controller with the RX module, ESCs, and motors. Unfortunately, after several hours of internet research, I found only fractions of the building process. In the beginning, I was very optimistic, I was absolutely sure that the F450 with APM 2.8 is a well documented DIY quadcopter.
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They offered this quadcopter kit for free in order to make a step-by-step guide about how to assemble it. Initially, I contacted XT-Xinte regarding a new main-board for my X380 Quad but finally, I ended up with an ARF F450 kit. Having some Arduino knowledge I was glad to receive a quadcopter kit built around the APM 2.8 flight controller.
It is very difficult to choose the right one. There are many quadcopter kits on the market, from affordable ones to more expensive professional ones. It’s also fun to choose the right parts, design the circuits, and build your own concept. But I have to say, that my next DIY quad will be probably from scratch. Especially for newbies is more convenient and safe to start with a quadcopter kit. Building something from scratch takes a lot of research and patience.