so ive been flying whoops for about a year and finally decided to commit to a proper 5inch freestyle build. been watching builds on youtube for months and i keep going back and forth on the frame. its basically down to the Nazgul Evoque or the Diatone Roma F5 for me.

my main thing is im going to be bashing this thing around abandoned buildings and parks, not racing, so durability matters a lot. i dont care about weight savings as much as i care about it surviving a stupid crash. i already have the motors picked out ? going with the T-Motor F40 2306s ? and im running a Speedybee F405 stack which i already bought during a sale.

what i cant figure out is whether the Roma's unibody-ish design actually holds up better than the Nazgul in real world use or if its just a looks thing. ive seen people snap Nazgul arms but ive also seen Roma owners crack the center plate which sounds way worse to fix. anyone have actual time on either of these? not looking for specs i can read those myself, just want to know if either one has actually given you grief.

had a Roma F5 for most of last year and yeah the center plate thing is real but honestly it only cracked on me after a genuinely nasty concrete impact that probably wouldve totaled most frames anyway. day to day bashing it held up fine. the arm replacement on the Nazgul is definitely quicker though if you're doing it constantly, snap an arm, swap it in 10 minutes. depends how impatient you are i guess.

the Speedybee stack is solid btw, used that combo myself. make sure you're reinforcing your capacitor leads before you maiden it, the pads on that board are a bit small and vibration will lift them eventually if you just leave them floating.

cant really help with the Roma vs Nazgul thing cause i run a different frame but i just wanted to say the F40 2306s are a weird pairing with a Speedybee F405 if you're going casual freestyle? like they're decent motors but you might find them a bit buzzy at mid throttle depending on your ESC settings. worth dialing your RPM filter properly before you blame the frame for any wobble you get.