Why does Joshua Bardwell love this frame so much?

"...YoU GoNNa LEARN sOmeTHINg TodAY...". I hate that sentence so very much it gives me headache.

I'm not really seeing it. It's pretty generic over all. The Bolt Blackops for example has the arm sandwich technique for example but imo does a better job with an addition "bumper" piece that locks the arms in harder and has keyed arms so they interlock.

I'm not in anyway putting this frame down, as it looks well thought out and designed and who ever bought one would have a great frame. But not seeing anything particularly special about it.

Totally agree with antenna mounting you did Josh. Never chopped one off since.

Have you tried Hobby Carbon? Found them on Alibaba.

Making a Frame Concept is really hard. I try this since 2008, because no frame in the last yars was nice and good enough for me. In this year i saw the first frames that stopped me working on my own designs, because they are so good in so much points. But almost no one takes much care of them?

Why not mount the antenna facing back instead of front? Seems like pointing them into the direction of travel would make them more susceptible to damage.

Hmm, I like racing with the batteries on top.
Also, the sideplates are a little bit annoying, nothing major but they look like they will either need sanding down in the front so that the TPU mount for a Runcam MicroSwift fits, or need to be removed altogether.

Do these sidewalls have any purpose in terms of enhancing rigidity of maybe the top plate? Or are these optional?

This looks pretty nice. Not quite on the level of the iFlight Strider V2 but pretty epic nonetheless.

Also +1 For Reciever antenna placement. I have seen you securing them like this on a previous video and copied that and I will from now on always do it like that. They are out of the way of the props or branches and I never had an issue reception wise with them being mounted that way.

As always a fantastic video!! Thanks Mr B!

Ha ha!!! Loved the "Ooooohhh. See how STIFF IT IS". part! 😀😀

Josh thanks for sharing the antenna mount. I did similar on my last build but stuck them inside the ESC heat shrink. And heat curved them down. I like the look of yours to. More than one way to mount skin a quad! 👍🏼

LOL, you had me going there, and more than once!
"The heart wants what the heart wants." -Priceless in your video! I'm glad to be a subscriber! Watching the 'Build Part 2' next, so I'll see if your humor develops further...! ;) Good posting!

Where is the link for the fame?

I was having RF issues with my 3" and after seeing one of your videos a few months back, I tried moving the antennas to the arms and it solved all issues. Before, I would only be able to go out about 100' or so and now I lose video before I lose rx signal.

I got this frame already. :)

Why couldn't designer give more protection for the camera. That top plate is probably not even full carbon if it broke easy it's probably carbon / glass fibre like the Wizard 220S arms. Josh those zip ties going off back arms am I right to assume those are your rx receiver antenna?

I've out of zip ties and shrink rap been fiddling with designing an antenna setup so it's like a spring setup that keeps the copter from sitting flat on ground where props etc could get chewed up. On protype I was actually able to take off upside down after a crash.

You big baby lol

Apart from putting on a micro. What can you suggest to protect it without moving cam back ?

what is the one they made in Israel ..thats the one I want to get would you know? thank you

Hi Joshua, thanks for all the great content you are putting out! I have a quick question. Hope you can help. I'm looking for the most efficient motor / prop combo I can find for a 250 quad. I'm new to the sport and prefer longer flight times rather than high speed / performance. I'm currently looking at Cobra 2204s. What do you recommend ? Thanks in advance! Keep up the great work!

So for freestyle, do you prefer this frame, or the chameleon?

Please links to buy parts when you showcase a build. I like what you're doing here

Carbon fabrick is layup depending of the blue print and the application, usually is 180 90 45 , -45, making the 180 what you call unidirectional is cheaper because the roll of fabric is cut without a waste, yes will be better in all the angles but is not cost effective. specially on the carbon prepreg. Nice frame love it. now you can do it by directional and will be cost effective, 90 180 but that depend of the width of the roll.

I wan't to buy it. Bring it out!!!

Okay... But does the frame have a name?

🤣🤣

"well im gonn- loud beeping sounds " lol you made me jump, with that quick cut

this frame has really bad camera protection, no way I would install some more expensive camera like Eagle 2 into this as every upside down crash will land on the camera. no thank you

IMO the better way to mount the antenna on a race copter is to do it on the front axis same way. It is easier to plug in/out the battery and the antenna will not rip off on crash.

great vid mr skirtwell. keep doing good thing!

Spare parts are available in any place?

Hi, I ordered two of those frames yesterday via BG! What is the cam mounting width and which cam would you suggest? Thanks in advance.  Regards, CR

Joshua if you could plz Try mounting your receiver antennas on the bottom front arms one on each arm but put them inside antenna tubes as much as you can except for the very ends the wire must pretrude out the ends of the antenna tubes thanks :) OH and heat shrink a couple rings of heat shrink around the arms to hold the antennas in place :)

You should build the $99 quad that uav futures made! I made one and want to see how it compares to others.. first race quad and seems pretty good to me, but I have nothing to compare it to! Btw I’m 14 and love your videos! Thanks for bringing this awesome hobby forward!

Thanks for the design tips. You’re my trusted go-tuber. You really make this shit make sense.

i have 2builds of this frame

Thanks for the amazing review. Frame just catches my attention

Friend of mine has 2 if these frames and I’ve seen the build amazing , his flying definitely showed immediate improvement. Being stretched for some reason improved his flying style. I’ve seen his flying using X frames and I’ve seen the difference, every frame has its own strong points but this one really enhanced his flying style.

I’m not sure if this has been asked, but are there any spare arms or plates that can be purchased? Or only complete frames?

Good video 👍

Sometimes when I screw something up, I watch the opening of this video to remind me we're all human haha xD

mount the vtx sma connector on the bottom of the top plate and use a 45 elbow adaptor

Great informative vid. The build looks cool. Very nice

So this is a cool frame and am interested in it for a future build. My concern though is coming from a smaller company (you said you were working with the designer directly) that spare parts when I inevitably crash, could be an issue.

I put my rx antennas beneath cf frame, next to nuts n stuff, flown 1km away in los and no problem yet, was testing how far vtx and rx worked, ok no issues then, so was ok for me :)

This looks like an awesome frame which meets my needs of LOS, style & primarily endurance. I'm comparing it to the Goby210 but before making a purchase, have you any thoughts on such a comparison? Unfortunately the Goby210 is now discontinued so it's either purchase a few quick or buy another similar frame which will remain around for a while for parts. Advice welcomed as always.

A small 3d bumper attached to the front standoffs might help protect the camera. It really shouldn't hang out front like that.

It's another over 250grams quad which is regulated in some countries ........ Where is the Ultra Sub 250gram , 4k , stabilized , FPV , rocket quad under $300 ? Just add a battery , Turn on your Radio and goggles and Fly for 10 minutes up to 500m away . With ranges from Noob to Maniac ! My money is burning a hole in my Pocket for that ! Cheers !

Thanks to Joshua for amazing video, I feel happy :)
So, about frame, it is 228mm size, 5mm arms, 1.5mm other plates, 30mm standoffs.
Total assembled weight is 93g with steel screws (or about 89g with titan if you care), not ultralight, but ultra low noise, because overall shape makes it very stiff so you can feel free to off filters. And I am quite sure that is much more important than 20g of weight ;)
On the top side there is mount to zip antenna connector from the inside, so if you use bent antenna it will be mounted inside and still higher than prop line.
In new revision top plate is changed, removed slots (replaced by holes for zip ties), also added one more zip ties place for antenna mount (if you want to secure your antenna well when it looks backward), improved top plate hardness (also note it is supported by side walls) and added TBS pigtail mount (added 2 holes for screws), so you can mount antenna with TBS pigtail or Trump pigtail looking up or direct any antenna backward.
Also, on a middle plate is place to fix XT60 to frame with zip ties, so it will look right back.
Same time when antenna and XT60 looks backward there is still place to mount backlight led with cutouts (matek has some variants with and without buzzers for example).
Back area, which was left empty in this video is very handy to put low ESR capacitor there, so it will be hidden there and protected well.
Hope I didn't missed anything ? If any, ask me about details and I will try to reply in best way.
And yes, that's me, frame designer :)
Thanks again and as Joshua says - happy flying :)