Multicopter

• Legislation:
  • http://www.bazl.admin.ch/dienstleistungen/02658/index.html?lang=fr
  • RS 748.941
• It's forbidden to fly outdoor in the Lausanne/Renens area (<5km of an airport)
• In the hobby, you don't say "drone", you'd rather say: multicopter, multirotor, quadcopter, hexacopter, fixed wing, etc etc

• Assembling some kits
• Drone race for the 5th_Anniversary
• Rorist's quad Quad250Rorist
• Francois, Bebop, Vortex

Official

• Federation suisse des drones civils: http://www.drohnenverband.ch/
• Office fédéral de l'aviation civile: http://www.bazl.admin.ch/index.html?lang=fr
• No fly zone:
  • http://airshoot.ch/les-mini-drones/carte-des-zones-restreintes-de-vol-en-suisse/
  • Lausanne: ftp://ftp.fixme.ch/free_for_all/drone/map.geo.admin.ch.pdf
• Radioamateur exam, http://www.bakom.admin.ch/themen/frequenzen/01576/01578/index.html?lang=fr
• 5.8G band, 5470-5725MHz http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=1010;nb=04

Spots

• http://fpv-spots.com/ [CH, DE]
• http://rcfly.ch/fpv-karte-schweiz/ [CH]
• http://www.airgonay.com/carte-des-spots/ [France]
• http://www.aip-drones.fr/carte/aip-drones/ [France]

Groups

• http://www.gambournens.ch/ Lausanne
• http://www.meetup.com/Lausanne-Drone-Meetup/ Lausanne (networking)
• http://www.meetup.com/AuBonDrone/ Aubonne (FPV, racing, building)
• https://www.facebook.com/teamWWS Arc lémanique
• http://airshoot.ch/
• http://droneapps.co/

Beginner guide/links/building

• Learning to fly FPV, tips and tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXe6pPf2fXI
  • Lesson 1: Fly in a straigt line, turn around come back, land LOS
  • Lesson 2: Fly a square turning at each corners, land FPV
  • Lesson 3: Maintain altitude when moving around
  • Lesson 4: Enjoy
• http://www.airgonay.com/forums/showthread.php?4012-FAQ-Choisir-son-multirotor-FPV-pour-d%E9buter&highlight=guide+achat
• The most usefull yt channel, guide, tutorial, tests: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCahqHsTaADV8MMmj2D5i1Vw
• https://fpvracing.tv/guides/beginners
• 3d printed ressource: http://designersbits.com/drones/
• Media:MultipiloteFPV-5.8ghz.jpg

Calculators

• http://www.ecalc.ch/

Simulator

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Freeride.Freerider_FREE

Switzerland

• Parts, FPV
  • http://fpvracing.ch/ cheaper
  • http://www.aerobot.ch/
• Less choice of parts, good gear
  • http://www.dronefactory.ch/
  • http://specialcopter.ch/shop/
  • http://simple-fpv.com/
  • http://www.helituning.ch/
• Other, mostly RTF or planes, heli
  • https://shop.aerodron.ch/en/
  • http://www.rc-hobbymania.ch/
  • http://www.eshoop.ch/
  • http://www.techobby.ch/ (Lausanne)
  • http://www.aeromodelshop.ch/catalog2013/

International

• http://www.hobbyking.com/ (USA, EUR, HK)
• http://team-blacksheep.com/shop (HK)
• http://www.getfpv.com/ (USA)
• http://www.readytoflyquads.com/
• http://www.surveilzone.com/ (free shipping)