Greetings,

My name is Andrey. I'm from Kyiv, Ukraine. I studied in India for 3 months from 2017 to 2028 (CDAC, Noida- "Big Data Analytics" program via ITEC scholarship).

I assemble small FPV quadrocopters using components from China (frame, flight controller, electronic speed controller, motors, camera, VTX, RX, propellers - also batteries, but those are made in Ukraine). These days we in Ukraine have problems with components since the Chinese government enforced a ban on exporting such types of goods to many countries. Therefore I try to understand whether buying these components from India is possible.

Most of all I'm interested in flight controllers, electronic speed controllers, motors, cameras, and VTX. I will call it "needed FPV drone components" from now on. I have the following 3 questions and I would be very grateful if you can provide answers:

1. Are there any manufacturers in India that produce needed FPV drone components without using Chinese parts and have a full cycle of production in India? If yes, can you please provide names and links? For example, we buy a lot of Chinese stacks (FC+ESC) called Speedy Bee - is there an Indian analog? Same for motors, cameras, etc.

2. How can these needed FPV drone components be delivered to Europe - for example, to Poland if Ukraine is not reachable? For example, we use a service called Ali Express for Chinese FPV drone components. It is extremely simple - you just go to the site, take goods, checkout and they are delivered to Ukraine. Is there any Indian site like that or other service that we can use for this purpose? Or is it possible via Amazon?

3. This forum seems to be about RC in general. We are interested particularly in small FPV quadrocopters and their components. Is there any other website/forum where we can get more info about the FPV drone market in India? Maybe, you can suggest some subject matter experts in it for us to have a call?

Our short-term goal is to try to order needed FPV drone components from India to assemble 1 or 2 drones and to test them. Our long-term goal is to try to order Indian FPV drone components on a bigger scale since Chinese suppliers have installed barriers and we can no longer rely on them.

Thank you a lot. You can answer here or write me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrey.tymofeiuk

Have a nice day!

Hello Andrey,

1. There are some manufacturers of these components that is in demand for you. Here's the ones that I know of:
https://zerodrag.in/pages/about-us - By far the best company for you as they are electronic drone component manufacturers in india
https://vectortechnics.com/ - manufacturer of brushless motors, controllers and propellers in India
https://www.agamrobotics.com/drone-components - Made in india pixhawk flight controller
https://asteria.co.in/ - A company that makes complete drones as well as components in India in B2B mode
https://robu.in/ - Does both manufacturing as well as distribution of chinese imports both as B2B and B2C
https://insidefpv.com/
https://www.ideaforge.co.in/ - Already supplying drones to the Indian army
The following seem to be providing only fully assembled drones but might be worthwhile to contact
https://www.karmandrones.com/
https://vecros.com/

Some are just resellers/distributors of chinese made components, however I think they might still be of use to you
https://thefpvproject.com/
https://www.quadkart.in/
https://rcmumbai.com/

You can also consider checking https://www.indiamart.com/ -  I think you might find li-ion battery assembly being provided here, however I guess you don't really need that


2. I doubt any of these companies have shipping solutions outside of india, so I would guess if your order is large enough they can ship through standard providers like DHL, UPS or fedex to Poland.

3. The discussion regarding fpv drones/multirotors in India is mostly based on whatsapp. If you can PM me your number I can try to get you added to such whatsapp groups.