Update: After a dozen or so packs it's flying well. I had to move the RX, I was getting interference causing random fail safes. I also moved the RX antennas to the rear from the arms. After that I've had no issues for the last few packs. Overall I like the build and have no problem recommending any of the parts. Added some new pics at the top of it's final configuration and look.
Took a shot at a budget build yet tried to keep as high of quality as possible. Saved quite a bit on the frame and motors. Frame is great so far, a couple of minor issues with it like having to file down the camera side inserts and top plate slots since they wouldn't fit into the top plate and the bottom was very tight. The screws that come with it are crap, so be prepared to replace quite a few of them. The motors seem to be really nice quality, I just hope they fly as good as they look. The ESC is nice and has a 10v filtered BEC that I'm running the VTX and camera on. Only had one short test flight but I plan on burning some packs today and tuning.
Got to fly 3 packs around my house and by the third I had it flying fairly good. These motors are quite nice for the price, I have no complaints about them. Well worth the $12 a piece. I'm happy so far with it all. Here's a video taken during the third pack, no filters. And the noise at the end was a loose prop.
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