Custom Drone Battery Packs
Every few weeks a prospective OEM sends me a CAD drawing of an airframe that simply will not accept a standard brick-shaped cell. As Karl Huang, Senior Lit…
How to Store Drone Batteries for Winter and Long-Term Idle
Every winter, as drone-flying season in colder regions slows down, I get the same urgent questions from our B2B clients: “Karl, how should we store drone b…
Understanding Drone Battery C-Rating and Discharge (3)
Why C-Rating Is the Number You Actually Fly By
When a customer calls our engineering desk asking why their new multirotor loses altitude in the last 90 sec…
Understanding Drone Battery C-Rating and Discharge (2)
Why C-Rating Is the Number You Actually Fly By
When a customer calls our engineering desk asking why their new multirotor loses altitude in the last 90 sec…
Drone Battery Safety Certifications Every Buyer Should Know
When a sourcing manager calls me about a new UAV program, the first question is almost never about capacity or flight time. It is about paperwork. After fi…
Best Drone Battery for Cold Weather Operations (-20°C an (3)
When I first started designing lithium battery packs for commercial UAVs a decade ago, most operators assumed cold was simply a nuisance. After running win…
Best Drone Battery for Cold Weather Operations (-20°C an (2)
When I first started designing lithium battery packs for commercial UAVs a decade ago, most operators assumed cold was simply a nuisance. After running win…
Drone Battery Shipping Regulations
Every engineer who has ever packaged a drone battery for a customer overseas knows the sinking feeling of a shipment bounced back at the cargo gate. After…
Drone Battery Cycle Life
I still remember the first fleet of mapping drones we qualified back in 2019. The data sheet promised “500 cycles” on every drone battery, yet the operator…
How to Choose the Right Drone Battery for Long-Range
Long-range surveying turns the drone battery for long-range surveying into the single most important component on the airframe. When a mapping or inspectio…