The "Best" FPV Freestyle Drone Design BROKE? Tubular Quad Repair and Rip

[@TimmyRC]

I'm starting to get good at this crashing stuff

[@robertlandrum]

After I built the V5? V6? it failed at the center support when I crashed. It even shorted the esc, causing it to fail. I never did rebuilt it. I was kinda hoping for a vertical spar of some sort to prevent the issue I had with the 30 (or 40) mm standoffs used on the design. I still think a vertical carbon fiber piece would keep the top and bottom plates parallel better than the standoffs and prevent damage and cracking at the same time. Now that the design is on CNC drones, you could consider adding side plates to the front camera cage to add additional strength to keep the plates from pulling against the standoffs.

[@TimmyRC]

The center standoff hitting the ESC is no longer an issue on the V7 since there are 2 additional standoffs and the standoffs are 20mm instead of 35mm. But yeah side braces could solve the failures I'm starting to see on the bottom plate

[@SbangFPV]

Nice flow Timmy. Can you please share some BBLogs for this frame? Thanks

[@TimmyRC]

It's on my list of future videos! They have been pretty clean in the past due to the high stiffness of the tubular arms

[@sit-and-fly7785]

Since it's not indestructible, I'm going to have to buy another frame kit to have spares on hand. And here I thought I'd bought a unicorn........😄

[@TimmyRC]

Yeah it's looking like I cannot design an indestructible frame that weighs ~100g

[@JDsRCModelWorld-up7ws]

Nothing like going back 15 years! Get with the program. Every drone frame that is better is already out there Kid!

[@Black-ice_fpv]

So what if an arm break, it happens, improvement will come, it still is one of a kind.

[@jebrc]

not the brake that's the prob having to tear the whole quad down to just change a arm is old news

[@jebrc]

sorry if i gotta take the stack out to change a arm its gonna be a hard pass as that is old tech now love the idea but not much else no being rude i love the channel but you are doing things that were done years ago tech has us way past that point

[@TimmyRC]

Glad you enjoy the channel! I designed the Tubular Quad for lightness and response first and foremost. I deliberately designed the arms and stack to share fasteners to save weight. Sure, no frames do that anymore, but no freestyle frames come close to its responsiveness or lightness either. It's 11% lighter than a 6" Glide and 18% lighter than a 5" Apex. I wouldn't call it old tech but I understand it's a pretty extreme design and isn't for everyone

[@jebrc]

@@TimmyRC yea idk i honestly rarely fly anymore the hobby has gotten so expensive its unreal and im a disabled fella so i don't make much as it is and i cant seem to let go of my surface mainly crawlers go lol one hobby on a small fixed income is hard just cant do 2 sadly but i still watch very few drone channels anymore but you are one so i been following ya along time so i really like the way ya think outside the box its great