Nexios
Custom High Speed FPV Racing drone and Transmitter!
Created by
shinkensen
Tier 2
2 views
0 followers
shinkensen
added to the journal ago
Alr pretty much finalized parts and started schematic
As the title suggests, I pretty much finished the parts, changed arround a lot of the parts for "lower power" variants to try to hit <250g because >250g there are a lot more regulations and stuff. Decided that instead of the NRF, I will use esp-now but with a specific esp-32 that supports the ufl connector. This in turn allows me to have more control but I will have to develop a protocol to both send out video over wifi through the antanee and the esp-now based control. 
shinkensen
added to the journal ago
More research
I did more research and ended up deciding that the RemoteID is like non-negotiable because it is litterally illegal if I do not use it. Anyway, it is quite pricey at $25 for the absolute cheapest module, and I decided that I will cover that. For the GPS module however, that is required on the drone. I decided to order ALL my parts for the pcb from digikey now that I need to get a gps module. Apparently I can save on shipping if i do digikey.
Update: that means that the price for the other parts like ressistors would go up a bit if we do digikey. might look for a comparison between the digikey and the lcsc part costs
shinkensen
added to the journal ago
Started BOM and research
As the title states, I looked for the parts that I would need to use and drafted an overall plan on how to do this project! Decided on:
nRF24L01+PA+LNA based transciever, but custom built onto the pcbs.
MEPS NEON 2306 2550KV - 4 pack for 39.60 (pretty cheap for really good motors)
50A 4 in 1 ESC
and a few other parts
Oh yea, starting the PCB soon!
Update:
Did a lot of research on the legalities of such drones in the US and realized that I would need to both register it and get a certified remote id module. asked in blueprint support and got no response so I am going to ignore that for now 
shinkensen
started Nexios ago
1/5/2026 - Started BOM and research
As the title states, I looked for the parts that I would need to use and drafted an overall plan on how to do this project! Decided on:
nRF24L01+PA+LNA based transciever, but custom built onto the pcbs.
MEPS NEON 2306 2550KV - 4 pack for 39.60 (pretty cheap for really good motors)
50A 4 in 1 ESC
and a few other parts
Oh yea, starting the PCB soon!
Update:
Did a lot of research on the legalities of such drones in the US and realized that I would need to both register it and get a certified remote id module. asked in blueprint support and got no response so I am going to ignore that for now
1/9/2026 - More research
I did more research and ended up deciding that the RemoteID is like non-negotiable because it is litterally illegal if I do not use it. Anyway, it is quite pricey at $25 for the absolute cheapest module, and I decided that I will cover that. For the GPS module however, that is required on the drone. I decided to order ALL my parts for the pcb from digikey now that I need to get a gps module. Apparently I can save on shipping if i do digikey.
Update: that means that the price for the other parts like ressistors would go up a bit if we do digikey. might look for a comparison between the digikey and the lcsc part costs
1/11/2026 - Alr pretty much finalized parts and started schematic
As the title suggests, I pretty much finished the parts, changed arround a lot of the parts for "lower power" variants to try to hit <250g because >250g there are a lot more regulations and stuff. Decided that instead of the NRF, I will use esp-now but with a specific esp-32 that supports the ufl connector. This in turn allows me to have more control but I will have to develop a protocol to both send out video over wifi through the antanee and the esp-now based control.