@vaplen ~ My flying setup is going to run around $250 for another receiver, the motors, airframe, electric speed controllers, and flight controller. The setup I am after is the Emax250 bundle at MassiveRC.com for $164.
To actually fly FPV from the cockpit, I will use my existing equipment from other quad and hexacopter builds, as well as my existing radio and ground station. A shopping cart for this equipment would look something like the following, but I have most of this equipment after doing this for 10+ years:
- Futaba 14sg radio- $600
- 1000mW video Transmitter- $50-90
- high resolution security camera- $70-100
- Antennas for both RC and video transmitters/receivers for ground and air- $100-$200
- Batteries- $20-300 depending on how much you are willing to invest
- Cables, wire, filters- $50
- DragonLink LRS UHF- $300-350
- Fatshark Dominators headset video goggles- $300
- 7in monitor installed in a briefcase with video receiver- $200
- DVR- $100-150
- GoPro (optional)