This needs to STOP! ImpulseRC APEX EVO- FAIR and HONEST Review & Freestyle Maiden Flight! 

Reasonable price AND the factory did what factories do? Wow, it’s almost like that’s how it should be! Ask me if I get worked up about this stuff 🤣 thanks for watching man!

Interesting idea!

You clearly have many opinions which is great, but I’d like to refute a few of your points. 1. That’s good to know, I wasn’t aware of the warranty. 2. So you’re saying it’s impossible to design a printed GoPro mount that has clearance for that screw? It’s easy, I do it all the time. They already went through the trouble of drilling 4 holes into the CNC metal piece, it’s clearly not a capability problem. Leaving a screw out causes confusion and looks unprofessional. 3. Protectors can do all skids can do while also providing more arm protection. The arms in this frame are very well designed so that you can fit a protector on that actually protects AND doesn’t impact performance, they should have taken more advantage of it! 4. I understand that, and that’s what I did if you listened. I’m saying that it’s not the best design. Just another thing I have to take the time to design and print on my own. 5. I assume you’re talking about the center motor hole? I will argue that not drilling that hole thru has extremely minimal impact to durability, and that any impact it does have can be accounted for by including TPU arm protectors- see point 3. I appreciate the feedback, but I respectfully disagree with some of your comments. Also, to be clear: I DO like this frame for the most part. It just wouldn’t be honest to not call out the things I don’t like. The only way this hobby continues to grow is by making it more accessible to the common man. You shouldn’t have to modify things, design your own parts, and drill out clearance holes to build a professional consumer product.

This is why I think it’s important to speak up whenever I notice something like this, otherwise people like you and I end up dealing with this BS and it never gets fixed! Both the ones I built had this issue, sorry to hear that yours also does!

Interesting that it bent! Mine never last long enough to bend. They’re either fine or snapped in half, no in between the way I fly 😂

Thanks for the comment and the watch! That's just another miss on the design IMO. If they had just made the skids with a hole in them its no longer a problem. It just feels like they tried something new just to say they tried something new. But I don't think it really adds much value!

5 years for a freestyle frame?! Dang, that's impressive.

@@propabilityfpv oh yes.. i even failed a dive through a concrete silo roof and free fell 100ft and all i broke was the battery strap slot.

If they want to make it work for the left and right sides, they don't need 4 holes. Technically, they don't even need 3 holes if they really wanted to eliminate the most amount of hardware. They could just make two on the bottom, one on the top like it is, but make the TPU insert geometry such that it can be used on both sides. Adding the fourth hole is fine if they were to use it on the top plate, but as it stands right now its just added manufacturing cost for no discernable value add. If you like it that's great, you're certainly entitled to that opinion. I'm just providing another perspective on something I find to be a big issue in this hobby.

^Exactly my point! Frames have really become a popularity contest instead of a real competition between companies to make the best design. At the end of the day, it’s just a piece of carbon fiber that holds stuff so you can fly. I feel like that is lost on some companies when they try and add various new features. Thanks for the watch and comment 😊

I didn’t, it’s from my gopro lol

Three things: 1. Send me a link to where it says that. 2. Why am I filing down their parts to make them fit? 3. This still doesn't address the issue of the holes not lining up because they are improperly sized.

Interesting, that’s good to know! Yes, the center key business seems like more trouble than it’s worth. Along those lines- another thing that irritates the hell out of me that i forgot to mention, is the lack of access to your stack when the frame is fully assembled!

It’s not negative, it’s the truth. With a price point that high, these types of issues should not be occurring. The way we can make products better is by calling these things out so they get fixed in the next revision. This is my way of doing that. You’re certainly entitled to your opinion, but I don’t have to agree with it.