The Water Sampler System for DJI Matrice 400 is a drone water sampler that collects up to 4 separate water samples in a single flight from lakes, rivers, reservoirs, ports, wastewater plants and industrial sites, without boats, waders or staff working at the water’s edge. A starlight night vision camera, a millimetre-wave height sensor and an automatic emergency line cutter let one operator control every step from the remote controller through DJI Pilot 2.
DroneBase supplies the complete setup: aircraft, sampler, batteries, configuration and operator training, from an authorised DJI Enterprise dealer based in Italy.
| 4 samplesSeparate per flight | IP55Water and dust protection | <2 minSetup time | 1 operatorSingle-person operation |
How the drone water sampler works on a mission
Traditional water sampling means launching a boat, wading into a channel or leaning over a quay wall with a pole. A water sampling drone removes most of that exposure: the operator stays on the bank, flies the DJI Matrice 400 to the sampling point and lowers the sampling tube into the water from a safe hover height. A typical mission follows four steps.
Key features of the DJI Matrice 400 water sampler
The design addresses three practical problems: seeing the water, holding the right height above it and recovering safely if the line snags.
Where a water sampling drone pays off
From flight plan to laboratory: keeping the chain of custody intact
A drone water sampling system changes how the sample is collected, not the rules that make a result defensible. Agree the protocol with the laboratory that will run the analyses before the first flight: container type and volume, preservatives, holding times and how the samples must be cooled.
On site, use clean or pre-conditioned containers and assign each of the four positions to a planned point. Record point ID, coordinates, time, operator and water temperature; the flight log helps document where and when each sample was taken.
After landing, cap and label the containers immediately, place them in a cool box and fill in the chain-of-custody form before handing them to the courier or the lab. If samples will support regulatory reporting, check with your environmental authority whether drone collection is accepted for that parameter and how it must be described in the sampling report.
On the flight side, operations over water near people, plants or ports usually fall outside the simplest Open-category scenarios. Under the EASA framework the applicable category depends on the aircraft, the site and the operation; DroneBase can help you assess the scenario and prepare the documentation for the Specific category where it is required.
Water Sampler System DJI Matrice 400 specifications
What is included and what to pair it with
The package contains the main sampler unit with sensors, 4 sample containers, the quick-release mount for the Matrice 400, the sampling tube with integrated thermometer, the control cable for the remote controller and a multilingual installation and operation manual. To run it you also need the aircraft and its power system:
The same Matrice 400 can carry other DroneBase payloads, such as the Smart Winch with Speaker for search and rescue drops and the Drone Cleaning System for facades and solar plants.
A drone water sampler built for the DJI Matrice 400
The Water Sampler System DJI Matrice 400 turns the DJI Matrice 400 into a drone water sampler for environmental agencies, water utilities, port authorities, wastewater operators, civil protection and research teams. It collects 4 separate samples per flight through a distribution system that prevents secondary contamination, measures height above the water with a millimetre-wave sensor, shows the sampling point through a starlight night vision camera and records water temperature in real time. The DJI Matrice 400 water sampler mounts in under 2 minutes and is operated by a single person through DJI Pilot 2. DroneBase, an authorised DJI Enterprise dealer and system integrator certified ISO 9001:2015 and based in Italy, supplies the sampler together with the Matrice 400, batteries, configuration and operator training. Contact us to plan your first sampling campaign.
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