I messed up and forgot to put my standard disclosure on this video so here it is. This frame was sent to me by Rotor Riot. I didn't buy it. I will keep it after the video is done. I have not received any money or compensation for making this video. I did get some input from Shawn Morrison (the frame designer) about the frame, but no restrictions were placed on what I said about the frame, and RR did not review the video before it was released.

Rotor Riot really needs to get a EU warehouse

Am seriously looking at the Tanq for learning new tricks in urban environments. Something I can full send and not worry about as much. Plus w/ O3 Air unit, I do not even own a GoPro. So win win all around. Honest review thanks for the content.

I bought one of these frames to the UK after seeing and feeling a friend's one, and wanting something as durable as I could get for yolo'ing it at anything wanted. Honestly, I have NEVER broken anything on it, or even give it a second thought now. In fact, it actually tends to break anything nit hits instead, and has become a running joke amongst my flying group that it's a literally tank and destroys everything but itself. A few things I'm not keen on though are the battery mounting. It's toilet tank and while I get the benefits of that, it does make routing the power cables so they're not vulnerable in an upside-down crash, a bit tricky. I use a 3d printed XT60 holder which goes through the battery strap and keep that at the front of the battery and out of the way. It won't fit there when using a GoPro mount though (I rarely do as this is an Avatar quad so records onboard). I also don't like the fact that some cameras (the Avatar V1 for example, but not the V2) sit a bit further back in the camera cage so you can see the front edges of the camera cage in the video. The Avatar V2 camera doesn't do this in 4:3 which is what I fly now though. Those things don't even factor when it comes to the pros of this frame though... The Avatar antenna prints that Shawn designed are fantastic. There's never going to be a damaged Avatar antenna, ever. I use ELRS and that antenna is indestructable where it is too. The frame gives me zero reason to believe I'm ever going to damage it unless it's a very freak crash like it's run over by a literal tank! In flight, compared to a very light 5" quad I also have, I actually find it better for freestyle because it's extra weight almost adds throttle resolution, so I find it much easier to maintain better throttle control and tighter powewrloops etc. because it doesn't go to the moon as quickly as a much lighter quad. I can't recommend it enough!

Personally, I would buy this frame if it was available in europe. And I usually appreciate performance, but I will always prioritize durability💥 great job Shawn!

I'm gonna save up for that frame! Thank you Joshua!

Awesome vid JB. Mine Tanq flys just right without a gopro. So does the demibot. Both like a 6s fook’n champ. Got the volador frames in and they are my next build outs. 👍👍🇺🇸

I wanted a super durable frame a while back so I picked up the Demibot. It's a chonky boi too but has a tasteful aesthetic that I enjoy. Regardless, my dad has been getting into FPV and I recommended him the Tanq. I love Shawn's designs and trust his fabrication and I think it would fit something reliable that my dad wouldn't have to fix much in the field, even after crashing several times. Thanks for your honest review (as always), Joshua! Cheers 🍻

I am 3 months into this hobby and now own two of these frames. (One flies, the other is getting fixed). It has been the perfect starter frame for me. I have broken EVERYTHING except the frame and have the confidence to do more concrete jungle flying now! IMO the weight makes it VERY predictable and perhaps more forgiving to those panicky stick moments LOL. Fabulous work by Sean

I'm so thankful you measure in grams

I like this Quad. I'll wait for another sale price though.

"Strong, light, cheap: pick two." Keith Bontrager On taking equipment to the next level

I picked one up when I saw what you guys did this quad in the G video. I figured if it could handle all that crashing it'd be fine for my use. Even with a GoPro on it flies great. Btw, according to my betaflight blackbox data, the max G I pulled is 12.5

A frame this heavy without a GoPro but with DJI O3 footage wouldn't be horrible either.

I found 3/8 inch wide elastic ribbon at a fabric store and wraped it around the whole battery and frame arms in an X pattern , and not too tight because 5 to 10 loops holds well . Tie the loops x - intersection together with another short piece and leave a finger loop so you can pull all loose at the same time and put a new battery in .on toothpicks and wrap the whole frame and battery around for 5 inch frames . You can get colors . And wide elastic is for goggles . And 5 or 10 loops of 3/8 wide for battery holds . But leave a velcro . The sticky pad cushion is what makes the velcro work and the sticky side makes it stay over the screw heads when changing the big battery .

From your flights it seems to be too heavy, and what i mean is that when you let off the throttle, gravity pulls it down quicker than i would usually like. And i feel that having a more floaty quad is better for freestyle. That said, i dont use a GoPro, so for my flying this is just perfect, cant wait to get one :)

Those googles are sick AF 🔥 I want to see a video that

I hadnt seen you fly in about a year (havent been into the hobby as much) but man have you improved a LOT! #TimeIn

@JoshuaBardwell I think there is one more frame that is worth a review in this durable basher class the RVS MoPax frame. It’s advertised at 149 grams with base tpu kit and may be a happy medium between increased durability and not sacrificing too much performance. I really do like the Tanq and the volador but like you I prefer lighter quads, that being said I’m flying a lot more concrete lately and I would give up a little performance for a little more durability. Just a thought, and I appreciate everything you do for the community.

The channel in arm is cool, but they could have just countersunk the screw lol

Awesome flying and review, Joshua! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

From my experience 120 to 140g frames are giving me the right balance between durability and agility. From what I’ve seen stronger frames tends to break more motors and I’d rather break an arm than a motor, it’s faster and cheaper to replace.

Well all you need is some 5.2-in props, 2207 or 2506 motors, and 1500 ma lipo. Rip that ish

I built this with Tmotor stack with Farouk 2505 1850kv motors . RIPS

If this frame was available when I was starting out in FPV many years back, I would have totally brought it. As a beginner it was extremely discouraging to crash often and then have to keep paying out for replacement parts. Would have much preferred to have just spent a little more on a super durable frame from the get-go, as would have no doubt saved me money in the long run

the best way to save weight is run a 4s lipo instead of a 6s lipo. i have the Tanq and also the Aluminum kenfpv AT6 frame and i love them both for 3d fpv freestyle. both run 4s with 2207 2750kv motors and a 4s 1300mah lipo and a Gopro 4 session. And i beat the hell out of my quads on a daily basis. with these quads i don't even care if i crash or how often i crash cause i know they will survive almost anything i do to them.

I liked this vid 👌👊 nice flying aswell mate, your flying has gotten hella good over the last few years :)

IRC Apex comes with velcro pads. I used it on my last build and I can lift my quad by that without any other strap. It holds the straps in place so they don't slide either.

As long as you have the power, wouldn't more weight mean more float/fling/hang-time? That's a good thing right? For racing weight is bad, but heavy (and balanced) seems like a good thing for freestyle as long as you don't go too far.

The best battery pad I've come across, by far, is the Armattan Beaver's lipo pad. It weighs virtually nothing and is as sticky as Ummagrip. Its crazy. I don't even have that frame (or any Armattan frame) but picked one up by accident from Pyro and was just like... wut 😶

i use nano tape for battery pads! basically same thing as that battery pad and i can get a whole roll for $6, its clear so i use 2 layers with a small return label in between with my name, reg.#, address and phone number, i dirty it up first by putting my finger prints all over it so i can get the battery back off, but it works amazing and is so much cheaper!

Glad to know your gonna review the volador

I'm flying my HEAVY Demibot but I chose heavy for my 1st Self-Built Quad for the durability to learn with. I am looking at the QuadMula for my next lighter frame.

regarding taking the gopro off and it'll fly as good as a regular one: there's also the added weight of the thick arms which has quite an impact at the very ends of it.

I'll stick with my armattan beaver, it's got the metal camera cage with standoffs and a sticky battery pad while being 125g. I like the dual 30mm stack locations for properly mounting my hdzero freestyle vtx.

Dunno... I take the legs off my gopro mini... I love when it feels light and responsive.. dancing around trees. confidence to send it and get it back is everything though.

You can confidently learn tighter power loops under a train track with it.

Dead cat arms with a O3 unit and this is will be one and done solution... I hear he's gott'em coming 👀

I just moved up to 5inch 6s from 1s tinywhoops so this might be the frame for me haha

On a heavier quad should you use bigger motors like 2808 with high kv? But leave the GoPro off. It would be nice if there was a channel cut into the frame for the motor wires to tuck into.

Yea I didn't wanna be ass out after my 3.5 cracked so moved all my parts over and made this my second build. I definitely don't run a gopro and built a stretch x that was a rocket but moved those guts to a spec 7. I've been thinking of doing a identical tanq with those spare 2306 to see if it really is that weight doing that. The one right now has 2207.

Take a light frame and u can put on a big mah battery or adjust for weight

It might also be good for cinematography due to the high weight, making it for stable, especially in wind.

Dunno when you filmed this but must be catching the winds we have been having out here all week!

600 grams with a runcam orange here. 4S. Apex, fettec G4 , 35A ESC.

Is this frame too heavy?

When I flew a "Tank" style frame I broke more batteries, go pro and fpv lenses and frame top plates. When switching to a light frame the only thing I've broken is an arm on occasion. I think the lack of mass is saving the lenses and batteries. Sure I break an arm sometimes but rarely.

If your quad gets too heavy just put a spoiler on it 😂

6:10 You could just test the TanQ's 800g vs a 700g quad thing by taking off the GoPro and flying the TanQ like that as your "700g quad"...

The kinfpv ISO frame with the tpu prints was about the same weight.

To be fair, some freestyle pilots specifically LIKE heavy setups because they carry more momentum.

I have the Geprc mark 5 @406gr and the tanq @483gr, that's 77gr between them. Some people don't hessitate to strap a 120gr gopro on their quads. When I want to cruise arond bushes with a gopro I use the mark5 at 43gram more than the tanq. If flying a gopro is acceptable the weight of the tanq should be no issue.

Do people break the impulserc apex? I have crashed it pretty bad and broken nothing so far over the last 2 years. Same with other people I know who fly the apex

The sticky battery pads rip the shrink wrap off the battery

I don’t use a go pro. Not good enough yet for all that . But I have two of this frame. One O3 unit and other a vista . I’ve broke one arm and bottom plate already…. Again not good enough yet 😂

What googles are the green and purple And is that a custom antenna?

@joshua bardwell you forgot to put links for the volodor review and the cards don't come up.

I know on the skyliner mk3 does not have that cut out

I can't see the flyfish or Osiris video links..... guess i'll manually hunt for them 😋

Would have been cool to see the quad rescued from the tree! Or did it not get rescued? Haha

How bout using this frame for 8s?

my 600g glide build be looking pretty light by todays standards

Hey folks - is it ok to just leave questions for people here? Because I just got into FPV, I'm still at the simulator stage here, so my Nazgul Evoque is still waiting, but just in case, do people answer them here too?

I'm surprised you didn't even mention the Demibot (or did I miss it?)

Could have used this frame in the beginning of my career.

What goggle was the custom cover for? Analog?

165g demibot frame checking in. #TeamInertia lmfao

The crazy thing about this debate is that people cry about a broken arm whilst flying with a £400 go pro. WTF?

I'm alllllll about my thicc boisssss but I also only run a session 5 to save a lil weight

I have velcro battery pads, hooks on the quad, the felty like side on the batteries. Are the sticky pads better than that? Advantage is certainly that you don't have to attach velcro to all your batteries...

what size motors are you using on that 5"

Rotor Riot really needs to get a EU warehouse I always buy parts from Rotor Riot

2506 1850kv. Flies flawless.

Salute

My favorite frame, the Dilly, which is no longer being made, is 140g. I suggested it to you a year and a half or so ago, and you told me it was too heavy to even consider. Oh, and by the way, I'm still using it. Un-fucking-breakable. Carbon fiber woven with unobtanium and frame designed by extraterrestrials with logic based on 30th century mathematics.

Hypothetically, would it be possible for someone to create foam or rubber exoskeleton to make their drone look like a terrifying mutant nightmare insect? Asking for a friend.

i love how people are so worried about breaking a $8 arm, while they fly with a $500 camera perched right up front and center, run a tanq with a thumb pro inside a nylon encased canopy like a racing toothpick canopy and now your not gona break shit and your still going to be lighter than a light frame carrying a full gopro, unless your making money from your footage, i dont understand why people put expencive cameras on their quads

Daam im under 600 with the session

No need for a gopro as a hobbyist. Daily driver only 600g with 6mm arms, and all the tpu i can slap on it

I'm not gonna be doing sbang with anything ToT

It’s not much weight it’s fine

damn, ejects look really bad with hypersmooth on

Anyone else manage to take 20 grams off their quad while watching this video? I managed to do it haha! Got my quad down to 730 grams with gopro 11 mini, and a 5s.

What about molded carbon , FuCore ? nimbus ? IFLIGHT molded ? How about recycled plastic frames ?? Flat carbon is SO BORING

Unbreakable Freestyle Frame = TBS SOURCE ONE V3

This is where RC Cars have an advantage. However I like both.

The Aos5 ain't bout it. I would much rather have a Quadmula.

0:08 No we'll just do that for "G force" testing Lmfao. Still G's or not, thats a hell Tanqy chassis.

I didn't see any cards come up for the flyfish volador, I don't see a link in the description and my searching is failing me, I can't seem to find that video. I see this on your other channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gZ15f9hhzc_OhYU.html&pp=ygUQZmx5IGZpc2ggdm9sYWRvcg%3D%3D is that what you mean?

That's how I do it NO GO PRO!!! who wants to see poor flying anyway. Your girlfriend will thank you. Plus it will save you from buying go pro after go pro. If you happen to do something epic you have dvr footage anyhow. It's a win win win

Mine weighs 604g with battery... 😂

thiccpv

Omg i hate theee crappy battery pads all these companies send

light frames are shit. resonate. if you want a light frame, get a small 2 inch drone.

no thanks

First!

Five33 49er, 49 grams! and buy a spare arm. You all fly tanks!.

Says it's durable. Refuses to prove it's durable lol.

Spang?