Nope i can't fix this, this is not on my end.
I could only fix the crash, using a quite aggressive piece of code reiterated at every stage of game booting (data, data-updates, data-final-fixes)
I'm not sure on how the guy did set up such a thing, this is the main risk of using copy loops for generating recipes, items and such (the loop doesn't stop where it should, and, this happens).
Also i'm pretty sure you can replicate it too use FNEI and look up at the recipes (i'm a pure-bob boy myself, i load up angels and AAI just for testing purpose to avoid too many "crash plz fix")
EDIT: Please let me know if everything works
i can also confirm that this happens even with only transport drones and no other mods (i wouldn't use such messed up code)