1st time newbie quadcopter raspberry pi

[dartboy09]

Hey everyone.
Newbie here. I have a $100 gift card to amazon and I was kinda wanting to tinker with a quadcopter and some raspberri pi / arduinos i have laying around.

I want to know does anyone know of a good starter copter I could get on amazon?
I would like to kinda mount the raspberry pi on this copter and have it fly the coper, instead of me via an rc controller...

i know $100 isn't much, but is there someone I could start?
I have never piloted a copter before, but see alot on toys r us and amazon for less then $100, figure maybe there is somehting i can start with?

I have heard about programs on the raspberry pi that will allow it to pilot, i think that would just be so cool.

 

[RENOV8R]

Well, if you're going to be programming a pi to control your craft, I'd suggest you get a kit that you can build. All you're really going to need is a basic frame, motors and ESCs to control them. What size of a quad are you thinking of and what do you want to use it for?

 

[csitas]

Very good suggestion, that way should also give you a leg up on epairing it. Lord knows, you'll have to learn that, it goes hand in hand with flying. If you spent closer to 200.you canget those that almost flythemselves and have a good camera.