I've flown enough different race quads now to be able to appreciate the handling characteristics of the split-level, or "Z" frame. A true-x feels like a drift car in the corners, while a stretch-x feels more "locked", but you sacrifice pitch axis agility. The advantage of the Zephyr is you get the agility on the pitch axis of a true-x without sacrificing corner grip. The handling advantages become especially apparent on a track with a lot of elevation changes. Of all the quads I've built and flown, I'm consistently fastest with the TBS Storm Hawk https://rotorbuilds.com/build/4639, but the Bangood frame is only 3mm, and I've broken two of them.

The Zephyr, on the other hand, is 5mm!! I think I'll be breaking gates, not the frame. I'm pretty stoked about this build because it feels great in the air. This is because of the split level design, and the fact that it weighs in at a respectable 294g with 2206 motors (my other split level is 330g). It just seems to do exactly what I want it to do with no surprises.

The frame was a no-brainier, I knew I had to build it as soon as I saw it. I have been wanting to give the cheap AIO F3 a shot and so far it seems fine. The motors I got from a friend who won them and didn't really like them. I found this awesome .stl on thingiverse that mounts a FrSky xm+ and a Eachine VTX03 in your 30x30 stack, which really makes for a clean build. The R-XSR fit the in the part just fine. Thanks a lot to FPV Pilot Sky for designing this frame and sending me the .stl for the camera mount so I could print it to match in blue.

Thanks for looking!!