DJI BS60 Intelligent Battery Station

If you're planning on using the @DJI Matrice 300 RTK (#m300) it's worth noting that the batteries for aircraft must be purchased separately.
* Update: The standard Matrice 300 kit includes a single DJI WB37 Controller Battery.
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The BS60 Intelligent Battery Station has space for charging 8 x TB60 Intelligent Flight Batteries for the aircraft and 4 x WB37 Intelligent Batteries for the remote control. The Smart Controller Enterprise remote can run up to 2.5 hours on its internal battery so we always carry a few controller batteries in our kit.

[@alistairhart9908]

I've been asked: 'How we can supply power to the charging station from just a 1000w 12v=>240v inverter?'
The answer is that we *can* do this as the charger initially peaks at over 1000w, but quickly settles to around 850w when charging drained batteries. Nonetheless we do recommend connecting the charger to an existing cabled mains power supply or a 240v generator, as it draws a lot of Amps and can quickly drain 12v batteries such as the bank of 12v batteries in our ute canopy.
Additional notes:
Ground Control Station - Please note that while the base drone does not ship with batteries by default, the M300 ground control station does ship with a single battery to power up the ground control station. Based on our experience, we recommend a second ground control station battery for prolonged missions.
M300 Drone - For safety and redundancy, the M300 requires 2 batteries to get off the ground, however it can operate on only one battery, in the event that one of the two batteries fails once the drone is airborne

[@andreavise96]

Hi! We are facing a challenging situation that requires us to find an alternative way to power our drone operations. We have to drive while the drone is flying, and we would like to charge exhausted batteries in the meantime to never fully stop the mission. Therefore the 240v generator solution is off-limits. We would appreciate your expertise and advice on how to achieve this goal. By your experience, how many W/h (or A/h) is required to fully charge 8 BS60 for Matrice 300 RTK? Are there some all-in-one solutions for this kind of requests? We appreciate your prompt and detailed response.

[@alistairhart9908]

Hi Andreas @@andreavise96 Thanks for your question. I cannot quite understand why using a 240v generator is off limits for you, based on the information provided, but assuming is is genuinely not an option, I don't think there is a silver bullet that will easily solve this problem for you. We have a 2KW generator and a 4.2KW generator that we can mobilise for remote jobs. The 2KW is more than enough to operate the TB60 charging station (which will only charge two batteries at a time, starting with the two batteries with the highest remaining power).
If a generator is truly not an option, your remaining obvious choice is to take enough batteries with you that you do not need to charge any in the field (ie. we take 5 sets of batteries with us which is enough for many of our jobs and if needed, we can still charge in the field using a generator to keep our M300 airborne for larger jobs).
Another alternatives include a large bank of 12v batteries and a large solar array to keep charge flowing to the 12v batteries, however this would not be a cheap or portable solution! I'm sorry we can't give you a simple answer to this question.
We're really interested to hear of other creative solutions if any of our viewers have other ideas!

[@ricardotorres854]

any good power inverters for this battery station

[@MangoesmappingAU]

We don't sell any here but if you are researching, check out Victron Energy for DC - AC inverters or the Honda range Inverter Generator's.