FPV drone component shipping from China

What exactly we ship and where the line with "complex" cargo runs

The typical range: frames and carbon parts, motors, ESCs, flight controllers, cameras, video transmitters, receivers, antennas, propellers, goggles and radio controllers, cables and connectors.

An important boundary: as long as the consignment contains no batteries, this is ordinary cargo — it travels by any mode, with no separate permits and no flight restrictions. As soon as batteries appear in the order, the separate rules for carrying lithium batteries apply — we handle those, but it is different logistics, described honestly on the battery shipping page.

A practical tip that saves time: if the deadline is critical, it is worth splitting components and batteries into two shipments — the "ordinary" part will fly without being tied to flights that accept batteries.

Transit times: when to fly and when to use sea or rail

The most frequent request in this category is "we need it fast". That means air from 10 days, typically around 14, from departure to your warehouse. Components are light and expensive per kilogram, so air pays off here more often than in any other category.

For planned volumes the usual logic applies: rail in 35–45 days, sea around 70 — when the purchase is made in advance and freight has to be minimal. In the quotation we give all the relevant options in one table; what the figure itself depends on is covered on the page "What your rate depends on".

Small consignments from several suppliers — one shipment

Components are rarely bought from a single seller: frames from one, motors from another, cameras from a third, small items from 1688 and Taobao. Shipping each parcel separately means paying the minimum charge on each and receiving five document packages instead of one.

So consolidation is the answer: all suppliers deliver to our warehouse in China, we receive the goods, check them against the order, repack and send them as a single consignment — with one set of documents and one rate. For regular purchasing this becomes a steady rhythm: a consignment every one or two weeks, and the warehouse never runs empty.