My first DIY drone was a ZMR250 I got from Amazon. I have beaten the hell out of it, and moded it to death with a dremel. I flew it so much the 3mm arms were warped. In the fall I was having de-sync issues with the Makerfire esc's, so I decided it was time to do a complete rebuild. I had already purchased the Racerstar motors, which on the heavy 250 frame were not that impressive, and I had also upgraded to the Matek FC from the original F1 board it was sent with.

I have wanted the Iflight iX5 for a while and the lightweight Spedix ESC's seemed like a good upgrade to solve my de-sync issues. Even at 210mm the frame has a lot of room. I remember when I thought the ZMR frame was too compact - lol. The frame mounts a full size camera, I have used the Eachine C800T for a while, they have a great image and really take a beating. The Matek FC, PDB, VTX combo save a lot of space and reduce the amount of wiring that you need. I like the 5046 props with these motors, get a good three minutes of hard flying and the motors never get hot.

I designed the ESC covers and the blue and red design were completely unintentional, but I went with it - kinda looks cool. The total build without battery is 310g, not the lightest but it feels solid and well balanced. Now I am off to attempt the black art of PID tuning my new build.