Non-Chinese drone parts price index
What drone parts cost, from public list prices, by country of origin. Updated monthly. Volume prices are quoted per request.
Typical 10-inch NDAA build without radio: about US$650-950 in US/EU parts at list price (4 motors, 4-in-1 ESC, flight controller, 6S Li-ion pack, FPV camera).
Motors
| US-made/NDAA FPV motor (KDE 2306XF) | US$28.95 each, list |
| US UAS motors (KDE 2814-4213) | US$105-170 each, list |
| Ukrainian FPV motors (Motor-G 2810-4315) | US$22-53 each |
| Taiwan-made Align multirotor motors | US$97-145 each, retail |
| Chinese small brushless motor | about US$12 |
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ESCs and flight controllers
| NDAA flight controllers (Rotor Riot Brave F7, Lumenier H743, Orqa F405) | US$58-149, list |
| NDAA 4-in-1 ESCs (TBS/Triumph Lucid, Orqa) | US$80-170, list |
| Ukrainian FC+ESC stack | about US$40-70 |
| Taiwan-made Align ESCs (35-100 A) | US$38-136, retail |
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Batteries and cells
| Molicel P45B 21700 cell (Taiwan) | US$3.28 per cell at 600+ |
| Molicel P50B 21700 cell (Taiwan) | US$7.50 per cell at 1,000+ |
| Samsung 50S 21700 cell (Korea) | US$2.66 per cell at 600+ |
| NDAA 6S Li-ion packs (RobopowerUA 15 Ah, Lumenier 20 Ah) | US$275-480 per pack |
| Chinese 6S2P 21700 pack | about US$68 at MOQ 50 |
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Cameras, thermal and gimbals
| NDAA analog FPV camera | US$67-75 |
| Ukrainian thermal FPV camera (256x192) | US$150-260 |
| FLIR Lepton 3.5 thermal core | US$172 |
| FLIR Boson+ 320 / 640 thermal core | US$2,029 / US$4,693 |
| Taiwan-made Align gimbals | US$267-1,602, retail |
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Radios and datalinks
| NDAA control receivers (Orqa) | US$33-284 |
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Frames, propellers and composites
| Chinese 3K carbon FPV frame (factory listing) | from about US$9 |
| Ukrainian KHARAK 7-10 inch carbon frames | UAH 1,116-1,922 (about US$27-46) |
| ImpulseRC Apex EVO 5 inch frame kit | US$93.99, list |
| Lumenier QAV-R 2C 7 inch frame kit | US$111.99, list |
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Robot joint motors and actuators
| Chinese frameless torque motors, 70-85 mm (Leadshine FM2) | US$99-169 each, list |
| Chinese frameless torque motors (CubeMars RI50-RI100) | US$119-229 each, list |
| Chinese harmonic joint actuators with encoder and driver (Honpine) | US$1,480-1,830 each, list |
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Robot sensors and 3D vision
| Chinese six-axis force sensors for humanoids | about US$710-1,420 |
| Robotiq FT 300-S force/torque sensor (Canada) | about US$1,950 |
| ATI Gamma six-axis force/torque sensor (US) | about US$3,200 |
| OnRobot HEX-E force/torque sensor (Denmark) | US$4,342-5,725, list |
| Orbbec Gemini 335 depth camera (China) | US$369-384, list |
| Intel RealSense D435 depth camera | US$537.99, list |
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Edge AI computers
| NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor developer kit | US$5,499 (US$3,499 before July 2026) |
| NVIDIA Jetson T5000 module | US$4,999 at 1,000+ |
| NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX 16GB module | US$999 at 1,000+ |
| NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super developer kit | US$399 |
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Sources: makers' and retailers' public price lists collected November 2026. Prices change; ask for a current quote.