S500 Quadcopter Fuselage Frame Kit PCB Version w/Carbon Fiber Landing Gear Skid

This is my first actual build, my friends have. I was told this frame would be poor quality. It turns out they were wrong. It's a very good quality frame. Even they said it was extremely nice.

All around this is a good frame especially being that the power distribution is built into the center platforms. A larger MM frame would be a improvement in the future if the manufacturer would be willing to "upgrade" to accommodate the growing additions of electronics that you can put on sUAS platforms.One weak-point and realistically the only reason I haven't given it a 5 star rating is the landing gear, the landing gear that attaches to the carbon fiber tubes is probably the weakest point of the entirety of the body. I flew it for awhile and around the 5th landing, the wind caught it and let it land a bit harder than normal and ended up with a crack but it's still "usable".Ultimately I'll buy it again if I don't find a larger frame that I want to put all my gear on and have some room to spare for batteries in parallel.

Excellent article, solid and strong structure.

This airframe arrived early from China via USPS. Assembly was easy. All parts included with extra screws. Fit and finish looks good.Landing gear is carbon fiber tube. So are the rails which suspend the undermounted camera rack. The four motor arms appear to be strong plastic, not carbon fiber. The three center plates - upper, lower, and camera mount, are all well made, feel strong and thick. There is some power distribution on the centerplate. Everything screws together with included machine screws (1.5mm 2mm hex, plus small Phillips drives). Overall look and feel is good. It'll take me some time to rig this and fly it, but out of the box, I'm happy. Still looking to a completely carbon fiber unit, though.

This thing shakes like crazy. totally unstable. there is no carbon fiber in the arms as advertised.