Hi Guys,

I'm a photographer by profession and have interest in doing some Arial Photography/Video. Have been following Phantom II for quite sometime. But after joining RC-India, thought of building it myself ?   Let me tell you. I'm new to RC world. 

I'm sure I can do it. But I may need your suggestions and help. To start with...I have few queries.

• Where Do I get parts here in Mumbai?
• Any specific rule-book should I follow or any online genuine guide available?
• Which brand of flight control unit + power distribution board + Batteries and Remote Controller...etc

Thanks!

Welcome to the forum.

Read through the threads on here and you can see a pattern in what everyone is using. Based off their experience and what you need, you can decide how to go ahead.

contact "chintal"
he lives in mumbai and is of great help..
he specializes in quads and can help you in making the perfect fpv quad which can can a canon 5d camera too
but keep in mind this hobby is expensive and as you are aware of phantom it is cheaper than that too

Regards
yash

Frankly speaking you are better off with Phantom 2 than building yourself something similar in the first go for AP. You cant run before you can walk, so you will have to begin with something smaller and easier before making a copter that suits your purpose and hence you will be spending more time.

Anyhow just google "DIY quadcopter" and you will find enough info to go through. Also building yourself is the easy part, flying it is the harder part because you are at risk of losing everything you have built. I would suggest you to get something smaller such as mini quads which comes along with there own Tx, to get a feeler.

No definitive guides as such because most of the info is fragmented online, but something for you to start with http://www.rcindia.org/multirotors/tutorial-how-to-build-multirotor-from-scratch/

Finally you would have to read and reference and research a lot of threads online,to know the current trend as iamhuman suggested.

contact chintal. He ll help u out.