FPVCycle Glide Floss 5″ Frame

This is the FPVCycle Glide Floss 5″ carbon frame.

You will always find the most up to date version of this frame here.  The latest updates make the frame significantly more durable without adding much weight.

Good quality drivers or otherwise drivers that will not strip or deform such as those made by MIP are always STRONGLY encouraged.

The Glide is manufactured with 2mm body plates and 5mm arms. 

FPVCycle are discontinuing the Lite and the Hammer versions because the Lite just wasn’t that popular and the Hammer version didn’t make sense with the base model being as strong as it is now. 

The Glide will not be discontinued into the far future.

Features

• Fits 5.21” props
• Motor mount pattern: 16×16 and 19×19
• Frame weight fully built with FPV cam mount: ~103g
• Well constructed carbon
• True X layout with option of dead cat arms
• One central 30×30/20×20/whoop mounting platform flanked by two 20×20 platforms all accessible at all times with no interference.
• No stack screws touch any arm parts. No arm/stack integration.
• Two screws per independent arm with bracing against other arms. Easy swaps and secure fit.
• 23mm standoffs (fits vista with low cam tilt, 25mm recommended for DJI standard cam)
• Motor bumpers on arms really do save motors from damage.
• GoPro mount platform compatible with Prototype 5, Cinesplore, Fouride, ToothFairy 2 and other future FPVCycle frames.
• 12.9 hardness steel screws and steel press-nuts.
• Micro and Nano sized FPV camera spacing (20mm wide or narrower)
• Dead Cat arms available to be purchased separate

The Glide Floss is built to work for you.  Its focus is durability for it’s weight, convenience and compatibility.  The option of dead cat arms is directed at those needing a workhorse for FPV videography and absolutely must get their props out of view with low GoPro tilt.  The arms are also easy to swap so you can go back and forth. 

This design comes from the legacy of Hyperlite and Floss frames with optimizations over all freestyle frames in the series before it.  If you’re running a Flowride or FlosStyle, we know you love them but overall this design is better balanced, easier to build and maintain, stronger and comes in better carbon.

Recommended build

Weight adds up quickly and is enemy #1 for flight performance. You don’t really need that giant VTX antenna mount or those thick TPU shoes.  The 20×20 mounting platform in front is primarily intended for your flight controller.

This is due to the heaps of various types of noise radiating from your ESC, power lines, VTX and most importantly, the Crossfire receiver. Telemetry left on with Crossfire will disturb your OSD chip and camera. It’s recommended that your Crossfire Rx be moved to the rear while the camera and FC stay up front.

The first time you put this frame together it will be very tight.  It will seem like the holes are off, they’re not.  Carbon compresses over time and this design will compress to normal rather than loose which causes arm wiggle.  If your frame doesn’t feel rigid after a while, please tighten your screws.  They too come loose over time.

Other Recommendations

• Recommend 650g AUW or below for 5″.  Sub 610g AUW is ideal.
• 2207, 2306, 2208, 2306.5, 2307, 2407, 2305 motors in ~1800kv 6S or ~2500kv 4S.
• Recommend motor weight under 35g
• Sub 200g battery 4S-6S
• Sub 4.3g 5″ or 5.1″ prop
• Any 20×20 FC
• WaFl premade cap
• Please use blue loctite for inner arm mount screws…unless you’re lazy like us. Then just know that they may come loose over many flights.

Important Information. (Please do not ignore)

Glide floss is not really the best floss for your teeth, it just fit the naming scheme well.

It’s made of a very slippery material that may fit between teeth easily but also slips over plaque easily. While it may be the only floss people with braces can use effectively, Reach Dentotape is far superior floss.

It’s double wide and braided so it will gently scrub the sides of your teeth and gums clean. Please floss at least once a day and stay away from products containing high fructose corn syrup.