TBS 500 Glass Fiber Quadcopter Drone Frame Kit

The TBS 500 Glass Fiber Quadcopter Drone Frame Kit is a 500mm wheelbase four-motor drone frame featuring a swept X-frame design with upswept dihedral arms — meaning the four fiber-reinforced nylon composite arms angle upward from the center body rather than extending flat, which lowers the drone’s center of gravity, reduces propeller wash interference between adjacent motors, and gives the airframe natural roll stability not present in standard flat-arm X-frames.

This drone frame is distinct from a hexacopter frame both in motor count (four vs six) and in arm geometry — the TBS 500 drone frame’s dihedral sweep is a specific design feature that affects flight handling characteristics beyond simply mounting motors at equal distance from center. The mini drone frame’s arms are made from fiber-reinforced nylon composite rather than pure glass fiber — nylon composite arms flex under impact before breaking, absorbing crash energy at the arm tips where most crash contact occurs, rather than snapping at the arm root the way stiffer glass fiber arms can.

The high-density fiberglass center plates provide the rigid structural base for mounting the flight controller, ESC stack, and battery, while keeping the overall frame weight in the mid-size build range. The drone frame kit includes two 500mm mainframe plates, a separate power distribution board, and a set of mounting screws — all components needed to assemble the structural frame, with motors, ESCs, and flight controller sourced separately. The tbs 500 drone frame’s 10 to 11 inch propeller compatibility suits 2212 to 2216 series motors for photography, FPV, and general-purpose quadcopter.

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Features:

• Swept dihedral arms reduce prop wash and improve roll stability
• Fiber-reinforced nylon arms flex on impact before breaking at root
• High-density fiberglass center plates rigid for FC ESC battery stack
• Separate PDB included — fits between top and bottom center plates
• 10-11 inch prop support for 2212-2216 series brushless motors

Technical Specifications:

Applications:

• 500mm quadcopter aerial photography build with 10 inch prop motors
• For drone frame kit swept X quadcopter assembly demo
• General-purpose 4-motor payload drone using 500mm fiberglass frame
• tbs500 quadcopter frame for 500mm drone frame assembly lab

Package Includes:

• 1 × TBS 500 Glass Fiber Quadcopter Drone Frame Kit

NOTE: Propellers, Battery, ESC, and Brushless DC Motor are not included in the drone frame kit.