Airframe Ultra Five Loadouts You Can Copy

A loadout in Airframe Ultra is small on purpose: one airframe, one body, one melee, one ranged, one throwable, one special. This planner is a static list of five kits testers ran — not a randomizer and not a cheat. Copy one into the creator, then fight it online or in split-screen. The game is still coming soon, so item names can shift; the roles should not.

If you have not picked a bike yet, read Compare Airframes first. Tiers sit on airframe tier and weapons tier. See also combat, boosting, and body types.

Beginner rec: Bluntnose + Standard + Rider Suit + pipe or bat + shotgun or SMG. Start there unless you have a reason.

Slot rules

• Melee is your dismount identity. Bat is fast and short. Pipe is slower and hates tight footwork but sings when you stay mounted and hold a lane.
• Ranged is pressure. Shotgun ends people who share your floor. SMG sprays, dumps a huge mag, and forgives panic.
• Throwable is space control. Do not bat-pitch a molotov unless you like exploding yourself.
• Special is the weird slot (shield, saw, sign, beam cutter). Pick one job: survive the arena, or delete someone who survived it.

You do not get two guns or two melee weapons. If a kit lists “shotgun or SMG,” that is a choice inside the ranged slot.

1. Beginner Bluntnose

• Airframe: Bluntnose (generalist, 3 boosts, 1.0x damage taken)
• Body: Standard
• Suit: Rider Suit
• Melee: pipe or bat
• Ranged: shotgun or SMG
• Throwable: a grenade you will actually throw
• Special: a shield if you eat shotgun, cheap utility if you do not

Why: Bluntnose is the default. Beta 4 pick rates sat near 50% and the developers said they were fine with that. Standard body does not add a difficulty star. Take pipe if you stay mounted; take bat if you dismount. Take shotgun if you understand arenas; take SMG if you miss. This kit is for Getting Started riders on any track. Graduate when you can name a problem Bluntnose cannot solve.

2. Vector booster

• Airframe: Vector (5 boosts, 1.3x damage taken, ultraboost)
• Body: Standard or Light
• Melee: pipe for mounted swipes, bat if you bail often
• Ranged: SMG for drive-by spray; shotgun only if you stop to aim
• Throwable: something you can drop on a boost line
• Special: mobility or escape. Vector already dies if people look at it.

Why: Vector is the boost bike. Five coolant shots, a violent burst, and an ultraboost when you glide close to a surface. You take 30% more damage, and handling gets worse as the frame gets hurt. Read boosting first. Spend coolant on position. If you cannot ultraboost yet, stay on beginner Bluntnose.

3. Cruiser bully

• Airframe: Cruiser (0.7x damage taken, high top speed, poor handling)
• Body: Standard or Heavy. Heavy is the bully read; Standard is easier to steer.
• Melee: pipe. You are a moving gate. Bat is a downgrade unless you race on foot.
• Ranged: shotgun. You are huge; people will be close whether you like it or not.
• Throwable: grenades into chokes and Estate doors, not across open Quarry.
• Special: a shield or other survive tool. Lean into the tank, do not pretend you are Hopper.

Why: Cruiser wants long maps: Oceandrive, Nightride, open Quarry. Top speed does the work; boosts are a shove. Handling is poor and the nose is heavy, so brake before hairpins. In arenas, slow down on purpose or the bulk gets stuck. Beta 4 pick rate was about 11%. If you bounce off walls, you need controls practice, not a different gun.

4. Hopper arena

• Airframe: Hopper (1.6x damage taken, jumpy, sharp handling, weak top-end)
• Body: Light for the jump kit; Standard if Light’s tax stacks too hard with 1.6x
• Melee: bat. You are off the bike constantly.
• Ranged: shotgun. Hopper lives in faces.
• Throwable: grenades or other short-fuse chaos for arena floors
• Special: burst damage or a get-off-me tool. You will be shot; the rider sits more exposed on a small frame.

Why: Hopper is the arena specialist. High jump, snap turns, miserable long-race speed. You take 60% more damage, so do not dry-boost for fun. Warehouse, Estate yard, and the pits in combat are the job. On Oceandrive you are a passenger unless the lobby votes arenas. Heavy-on-Hopper is a trap.

5. Heavy brawler

• Airframe: Bluntnose (stable) or Cruiser (if you already steer it)
• Body: Heavy
• Melee: pipe if you still ride, bat if you commit to fists
• Ranged: shotgun. SMG is a worse fit; you are not a spray-and-strafe Light.
• Throwable: grenades into the pile you are walking toward
• Special: melee-adjacent (saw, heavy sign, slow swings)

Why: Heavy hits harder in melee, eats less damage, and pays with stamina, trips, slower swings, and a fat hurtbox. Play like a mid-pack rider who wins the arena leg. Hopper plus Heavy is a trap; Vector plus Heavy is worse. Read body types so you know which kicks you do not have.

How to swap without throwing the circuit

Change one slot after a three-race circuit, not four. Bike swaps belong on the compare page, not in the 15 seconds before voting locks. These kits work online and on the couch.