XHover Skyeliner 5" Freestyle Frame by Le Drib

This Skyeliner frame is the original version and lacks the Stage 2 Upgrade. 

Le Drib designed his signature frame, the Skyeliner, to be simple in construction, aesthetic in design, and durable in crashing.

This frame looks amazing paired with the Le Drib Hypetrain 2306 2650kv motors!

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Front Camera Cage

The front camera cage was inspired by the look of an airfoil to look attractive. It was shaped around the sweep of the FPV camera angle to provide protection regardless of camera position. The mainplate is cut short upfront so the FPV camera can sit low.. The 3mm vertical carbon pieces clamp on to the main plate via three horizontal standoffs, one of which also secures the GoPro mount.

GoPro Mount Integration

The 3D printed GoPro mount was considered from the beginning rather than left to be retro-fitted. It was originally intended to slide over two upper horizontal standoffs to fully eliminate the possibility of the screws pulling through mounting holes. However, crashes tend be from the front, so a single rear mounting bolt was considered because the front standoff sleeve would provide nearly all the benifit. This became the final design as it also allowed for the removal of an upper standoff; the rear GoPro mount screw also serving as the front top plate screw simplifies maintenance.

Internal Serviceability

The top plate removes with 5 screws, allowing access to the drone’s internals. The front camera cage stays secure to the main plate even without the top plate so it will not fall out while handling the opened drone.

Curved Arm Interface

The overlap between the main plate and arms has an extreme curve to distribute the shear force on the arms during crashes.

Arm Replacement

Should an arm need replacing, press-nuts in the main plate facilitate the swap. Additionally, the 30 x 30 holes in the arms and lower brace are enlarged so that the electronics stack need not be disturbed when replacing arms.

Stack Isolation

The 30 x 30 holes in the main plate accommodate the included grommets to isolate the electronics stack.

Rear Slots

The two slots in the rear of the main plate were designed around a 20x20 M2 hole pattern. A component such as a receiver can be placed between the slots and strapped down while M2 screws can fit in the ends of the slot to mount a an additional 20x20 component such as a video transmitter.

Low CG

The top plate sits 20mm above the mainplate. Drib experimented with everything from high 35mm top mount battery to 0mm mid mount battery frame design. He found that he prefers the agile feel of top mount over the neutral feel of mid mount. However, also found that the lowering the battery a bit improved the “locked in” feel. He settled on 20mm as his favorite height of top mount battery.

Genuine Ummagrip

Custom cut Ummagrip eliminates battery slippage.

Motor Protection

The classic teardrop arm end, extended to be bolder and provide for better motor protection.

Tapered Rear

Damn, look at that booty.

Key features

• Soft mount for FC on the 30x30 stack.
• 20mm Standoffs
• Ummagrip Sticky Battery Pad
• Top Mount battery Design
• 4mm durable arms 
• Plenty of room for a nice clean compact build
• Easy single arm replacement 

Includes 

• 1x Skyeliner Frame
• 1x Set of high-quality Steel hardware
• 1x Battery Strap
• 1x ESC sticker Sheet
• 4x Foam Landing Pads
• 1x Sticky Battery pad by Ummagrip Company, Designed specifically for the Skyeliner