TAROT 650 Sport Quadcopter Frame TL65S01 with Electric Retractable Landing Skid

This is without a doubt the best quadcopter frame I've ever owned, and I've owned quite a few. I literally have NO criticisms at all about this frame. If I were to design a quadcopter frame in my dreams, THIS would be it. Tarot did a fantastic job here.To start, it looks absolutely AMAZING. Especially with the carbon fiber canopy (search for the black 680 Pro carbon fiber canopy, it will work on the 650 sport).The retractable landing gear work extremely well, I love it. Flies like a dream, best quad I've ever owned.My build has two cameras, a Runcam eagle for me to pilot with and a go pro on a gimbal for my friend to control while I flySpecs:Pixhawk flight controller30A Turnigy Plush ESC'sMultistar Elite 4006 740KV motors with 12.5x5.5 Carbon Fiber props10,000mah 4S Turnigy Graphene batteriesGoPro Hero 4 Silver with a Tarot T4-3D 3-axis gimbal (works FANTASTICALLY well)Runcam Eagle2x 600mW 5.8Ghz video transmittersMicro MinumOSD for the runcam to show telemetryYKS Pixhawk telemetry radio (915Mhz)FrSky X8 transmitter/receiver with smart port voltage and RPM telemetry gearNeo-M8N GPSMy only problem is that the wiring is a bit of a mess, but that has nothing to do with Tarot/the frame, that's my own fault ;)

Sound engineering, parts fit perfectly, high quality carbon. This is one of the most refined models I've ever built. Since I had to do a ton of research figuring out the power system, I'll share what I learned. This is a tried and true flier. I've put dozens of packs through this setup in 110degree Arizona summer heat without a hiccup:- Tarot 650 Sport- Turnigy Plush 40a ESCs- Sunnysky 3508-580kv Motors- 1155 CF T-style props- Zippy Compact 4s 5000mah batteries. Standalone: ~12 minutes of flight w/GoPro In Parallel: 22 minutes of flight w/GoPro. Power system and drone do not complain at all about the extra weight.- DJI NAZA-M v2 FC- Immersion 600mw VTX w Bluebeam Omni Antenna (GetFPV)- Sony FPV Cam (sorry, don't remember the part #)- HK 3way Video Switch- FrSky X8R w s.bus to Naza + Turnigy 9xr Pro = 16 usable channels- FrSky Smarthub Voltage Sensor delivers per cell battery voltage direct to 9xr LCD screenIn the spirit of continuous improvement I'll offer a few gripes:- The motor mounting plates should be indexed to the top deck to prevent unlevel motor mounting. As it stands, you have to level on your own. It's not a big deal but it's not a hard fix by the manufacturer either.- Landing gear T's are the weakest engineering on the model. They require set screws to be driven into the vertical and horizontal carbon tubes. Too tight and you crack the tube. Too lose and they fall off or slide around. They need to re-visit this.- Power distribution for ESCs limits folding of the arms. Not sure what they were thinking with this but when you solder your ESC +/- to the PDB and try to fold the arms, the carbon tubes will run over the solder points. Not great.

Great frame but I don't like the plastic motor mounts. Tend to rotate on hard throttle unless you put a bolt through them.

Every thing works and fits together nicely. I haven't crashed it yet but it seems like it will handle some good crashes. The landing gear works awesome.

Folding frame, built in power on top board. Great product. My only dislike, and the reason it gets 4 stars instead of 5, is that the arms are too short. I previously had a Tarot 650 Ironman and assumed the sport would have the same arm length. That is not the case, at least for the two kits i purchased. This frame as is can fit 15 inch props, just barely, but too close for my taste. This means I had to buy longer arms to accommodate the prop size I wanted.

Overall, I love the concept and design, but there were a few reliability issues that plagued me when building up 2-3 of these. The pdb solder points are so close to the arm rotation that there is very little room to solder without interfering with arm movement (I just used an external pdb as a result). The cheap plastic on the mirror mounts and arm locks is prone to cracking of over tightened or even folding the arms in and out in cold weather. I don't recommend trying to find the arms when it is under 50 degrees out you risk snaking the clamps. A few aluminum parts and this would be perfect, but for now it's just unreliable.