https://www.team-blacksheep.com/products...t_sb5_race


i still have a few and love them, they blowout that frame for 1.95 - thats a crime xD it seems the rest of the pilots doesnt know the good things ;-) the world stands upsidedown in fpv ducts all over the world, expensive plastics but hand moulded carbon for 1.95 xD thats sooooo strange hand moulded carbon 5inch quality frame xD
why switching cheap carbon quality arms if you can switch a highend frame for a lower price, you night not need to switch it soon, but it would make more sense xD

hand moulded carbon is another quality, way higher than t700 t800 and t900 from its build progress. the carbon is assorted in the way the forces come to the frame. it outperforms common carbon plates by stiffness, rigidity and weight - everywhere.
i actual didnt break any handmoulded carbonframe, i didnt got any flex in the carbon - they are all still like new after many crashes :-)

i can highly suggest that state of art frame, if you plan to build a 5inch racer, get a few of that frame :-)


the first framereview i found;

I don’t fly 5”, but, that is damn tempting.
Two 5” frames at $1.95 each ($3.90 for two?!?) is less than the cost of a pack of cigarettes or one decent beer.

I could transfer the bits from my heavy Source One frame, or finally put some of the 30x30 electronics I have on my shelf to use…

Screw it, I bought 2 frames. Even if I can’t fly them much here, I’ve got the parts to build them, and I’m not going to be able to get a frame of similar quality for even 10x the price. It’ll be significantly lighter than my Source One build, so maybe I can use some smaller motors and some bi-blade or low pitch tri-blades and be comfortable flying it on my property. I regularly fly my lightweight 4” PowerPick, which was the last frame I bought from TBS on blowout for something like $3.

They’ve also got some amazing prices on props, like 8x Azure Power 2035 tri-blades for $0.95. Those props are usually $2.99 to $3.99.

https://shop.brickracing.com/Frames/Raci...xx-motors)
i have this 3inch (matches 3,5" either), sadly there is a price difference to the tbs version xD

What does “molded by hand” actually mean? Is it forged carbon fibre?

I believe it is just hand laid sheets, resin, and forming to vacuum.

At least in my other hobbies, that's what it has come to be accepted as.

(05-Mar-2023, 02:46 PM)Pennywise Wrote: I believe it is just hand laid sheets, resin, and forming to vacuum.

At least in my other hobbies, that's what it has come to be accepted as.

i would exclude the word "just": hand laid sheets - something a machibe cant do or not for less money in the actual market situation

It’s hard to really tell from the pictures, but the finish doesn’t seem to have any discernible weave, and looks kind of unusual.

sure there are lignes and signs for true carbon ;-)
i couldnt do better fotos so far

there is the stardust race version without finish and the other one is the 3inch version of the inventor of the frame and builder, brickracing. the brickracing 3inch version has a finish on it


@roteron if you would hold one in your hands, it stiffness wont give any question about outstanding quality ;-) thats how true quality carbon looks like :-)

as example lr ul frames could show the difference, stiffness on lower weight would bring some more flighttime :-)



this was the frame from the inventor
https://shop.brickracing.com/Frames/Raci...order=DESC

this is the 3inch version i have:
https://shop.brickracing.com/Frames/Raci...order=DESC

@hugnosed_bat: thanks for going to the trouble of taking pictures. I should also just buy one of those $1.95 frames so I can feel it in the hand...

So, it looks like it's kind of made of straight fibre more like how pultruded tube is made rather than a woven fabric?

its not truly visable, we would need to see a broken one :-)

i got the 3inch frame from a buddy which was in contact with the inventor of the frame, my buddy is a true enthusiast and he called the builder a fanatic xD
i would realy like to know about the build process and how they laid the carbon fibers, it seems to be a sience by its own :-) my buddy told about a long progress for the result in that brickracing frame, it truly feels like that.

im not sure if its straight fibers or waves or how they are assorted

maybe we can get more informations about it in the bycicle industry, there are many moulded carbonframes, i just believe - its made by machines in the case of bycicles.
the frame of my trek mtb looks like my stardust frame :-)

I have the TBS PodRacer 5". I love it. The canopy is weird, and not much space for stack. I can see why others hate it.

TBS 5" frames:
Podracer 5mm arms, 12mm motors, 47g
Stardust 4.5mm arms, 16x19 motors, 65g
Umagawd Remix, 5mm arms, 126g
SniperX, 5mm arms, 61g
SourceV, 63g - I love the vertical arms.
TBS Source One - 6mm arms, 123g

(09-Mar-2023, 04:08 PM)romangpro Wrote: I have the TBS PodRacer 5". I love it. The canopy is weird, and not much space for stack. I can see why others hate it.

TBS 5" frames:
Podracer 5mm arms, 12mm motors, 47g
Stardust 4.5mm arms, 16x19 motors, 65g
Umagawd Remix, 5mm arms, 126g
SniperX, 5mm arms, 61g
SourceV, 63g - I love the vertical arms.
TBS Source One - 6mm arms, 123g

the podracer canopy out of pla is a joke and mounted on 1mm carbonplate either xD thats a shame, it would make more sense to sell it without any canopy than with such a bad one :-)

the stardust isnt a tbs invention, its designed by brickracing and tbs did a colaboration, got the right to sell the design. its not compareable to the other tbs frames in many ways.
get one roman :-)

the a 4inch frame like the podracer, unibody with moulded carbon :-) that would be great :-)

The TBS Stardust is on sale for a 1.95 from team black sheep.
I have wanted to build a lightweight 5” racer but for freestyle flying.
I may have to order a few.

There seems to have been a bit of confusion in JB's Q&A livestream yesterday as to what "moulded by hand" carbon fibre on the TBS Stardust SB5 Race frame actually meant  You can watch that segment of the livestream by clicking the link below...

https://youtu.be/iU2XYwQ06Ws?t=3790

I don’t know the method TBS Stardust uses but here’s one way to mold carbon fiber into a precise shape.