Cold Winter Temperature: Sending drone with battery by mail

[GeorgieDrone]

Hi All,

I'm giving my drone, a mini SE to a friend. She lives quite far away so in person delivery is not possible. I will have to mail it to her. What bothers me is the battery. It can get pretty cold up here in Canada and I'm wondering if there is anything special I should do to protect said battery? Any suggestions, advice?

 

[tibadoe]

Once it warms up to room temps you should be OK.

 

[Paint Rock Drones]

I'm not an expert, but would suggest at least making sure the charge level of each battery is between 30-60% (same as it should be for storage beyond 2 days).

 

[Chrislaf]

I would just pack up the drone and battery in it’s original packaging. Batteries are shipped all the time by major carriers, you just have to tell them - whether it’s Canada Post or any of the other major couriers- that the package contains Lithium Ion batteries and they will give you a label to affix to the package to alert the carrier. Other than that you shouldn’t have to worry about cold as carriers store packages in heated buildings.

Good luck.

Chris

 

[msinger]

It can get pretty cold up here in Canada and I'm wondering if there is anything special I should do to protect said battery?

DJI probably ships drones to Canada every day. I've never heard of any issues receiving drones in cold locations.