AirBlade ZMR 150

By Kroma on Apr 24, 2017

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This is my second brushless build. All the parts on this frame were transplanted from my first build, the Owl from Flex-RC.

This is a great little frame, though not very roomy. This flies very nicely and is currently under BetaFlight 3.1.7 with gyro notch filters 1 and 2 off and has almost no propwash on hard turns. It appears that this frame is discontinued (not counting the knock-offs). I picked this frame because it looked plenty strong and well made, which is true in both cases.

I have been flying 3s 700 60C, but have some 850 4S packs on order.

Updates:
I killed my FuryF3 flight controller and replaced it with the RotorGeeks F3. It performs every bit as well (I can't tell a difference), and the receiver gets voltage from the USB, which is the only actual gripe I had with the Fury. The FC is now soft mounted, and the PDB was swapped out - The old PDB (Diatone power HUB had the solder joints directly under the FC, and one particular crash squeezed the soft mounts just enough to let the battery in solder joint to touch or arc over to the SDcard holder on the FC, killing it, an X6B receiver, and an SDcard.

I also went up to 30MM standoffs between the plates, the build was very tight before, and I am going to order a CCD camera soon, probably a Swift Mini.

I also went fro DYS 3045 triblades to RaceKraft 3030 triblades. I felt my motors were just a little hotter than I was comfortable with and the lower pitch seems to have given them a little breathing room for turning off the notch filters under 4S. Under 3S, there was no heat issue at all.

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Part List

Frame

AirBlade Team-Legit ZMR150 3K Carbon Fiber Frame V2.0 (2 builds)
Airbladeuav.com
$29.99

Flight Controller

Rotorgeeks SSD F3 control board (12 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$40.49

ESCs

4 x DYS XM20A ESC (32 builds)
Store.fpv-flightclub.com
$48.00

Motors

4PCS Emax RS1306 4000KV RaceSpec Motor 2CW/2CCW For FPV Racing (7 builds)
Banggood.com
$54.76

Propellers

TEAM RACEKRAFT 3x3x3 TRI-BLADE PROP 3030 (Blue Clear) (3 builds)
Readytoflyquads.com
$2.75

FPV Camera

404 Not Found (2 builds)
2dogrc.com
$5.00

FPV Transmitter

Hawkeye 200mw Race Band 32ch Video Transmitter (62 builds)
Multirotormania.com
$35.00

Antenna

Pagoda-2 Omni Antenna RHCP Kit (36 builds)
Farvew.com
$4.00

Receiver

Flysky X6B 2.4G 6CH i-BUS PPM PWM Receiver for AFHDS i10 i6s i6 i6x i4x Transmitter (180 builds)
Banggood.com
$11.06

Batteries

RMRC Orange Series - 850mah 4s 60c Lipo - XT60 (12.6wh) (3 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$13.99

Power Distribution

Simple PDB (2 builds)
Rotorgeeks.com
$3.89

Misc Parts

M3 Bobbins For Flight Controller - 5x5mm - Black (4pc) (12 builds)
Readymaderc.com
$2.99
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Pyroman4   Jul 12, 2017  

Way to heavy to be anything else other than a back yard flyer...

airbladeuav   May 26, 2017  

It's actually not discontinued. I ran out of the frame and haven't gotten around to ordering a new batch yet. I'm intending to release a new line of 3" 4" and 5" so I'm waiting to get them all ordered together before the summer.

Kroma   May 26, 2017 

Good to hear! It's a fantastic frame. Very tough!

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