So I've been designing frames for a couple of years. A few of them can be seen in here from other members. The toothpick phonomenon hit the micro scene but all the frames out there were essentially the same overall design. So I wanted to make something that's not been done yet, or at least in this weight class so I hit the drawing board.

I took inspiration from Tommy's "Ummagwad Remix". Due to the complexity of the frame assembly it was never going to be a toothpick in weight. It's not just one bit of carbon. So it's more a superlight micro than anything.

The main plate has been through 2 renditions (3 of you count the og that never got cut) and the rest is now on its 3rd.



The main plate had always been able to accept the whoop fc, 16x16 and 20x20 fc's.

As for motors, originally happymodel motors. And both m2 9mm 3 and 4hole mount motors. The v1 plate was going to be in 2 options the 3hole and 4hole motors. The final plate only comes with m2 3 and 4hole as the happymodel motors are just not durable enough for open props, on the same plate. Also the whoop fc mounting was reduced to 2 screws only. Which when used with steel screws is more than secure enough.

So the final version accepts

Whoop, 16x16 and 20x20 fc

M2 9mm x3 and m2 9mm x4

14mm camera

2mm thick.

The cage is the last major change to the frame. Originally it used 4 steel screws that held everything together. But not only was this ugly and hard to work/build on it was also heavy.



Pics:Darren Maggs.

Then the V2 came. Slimmed down the main plate and developed the bottom plate with independent standoffs. This made the frame easier to build. Stronger and actually a bit lighter. But was still a bit of a pain to do maintenance.

And then that was it. If we gonna base it on the Remix then hell why not have the swinging cage. A little head scratching later and it was reality. It's still as strong but the tpu mounts actually have a little flex with the cage so gives a little absorption in crashes, but doesn't flex enough to hit any components inside. It turns out fractionally lighter and hella easy to work on!

So my current build with diatone mamba 16x16 stack, og unify nano and og runcam nano, frsky xm+ and geprc 1103 motors. Its just shy of 60g dry. Not toothpick weight, but let's be real a frame like this is never gonna be. The bonus being (albeit limited lipo size) it can fit 3" props.

And if you really wanted to save weight, there's also a canooy available to run the frame in "toothpick-esk" style which can fit 3" props and bottom lipo mount so no size restrictions. And yes this canopy was around before the iflight one...

I'm no Bob Roogi or Drew Camden so my flying isn't impressive. And I'm not skilled enough to argue the benefits of weight distribution, but I do know if flys really nice. It's confidence givingly stable and it just does what I want it too. You can find some of my poor efforts of flying here... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF2uAZDSdGVOcEri9vtbYxg

Big shout out to Tommy Tibajia

Darren Maggs for the printing prototype work and Mike Mccutchen for cutting the carbon.

As well as other testers, Jason Chow and Tony Pert.

Brent Goudie for his amazing artwork.

So I give you the Wee-Mix... (available at Rotoriousfpv soon)