Drone caught in grass.

[DanMan32]

LOL!

By the way, I heard on Motor Week that it's not unheard of to find coolant in your tail lights. Many cars have electric water pumps, and sometimes they leak at the power plug. That can the travel through the harness over to your tail light.
So now you have too much blinker fluid.

 

[radmanzulu]

Yeah i think it is best, is there anything i can use in the meantime that will act as a landing mat?

Learn to hand launch and retrieve. It’s very easy and saves carrying the pad around.

 

[DJI DelBoy]

Thanks, Yeah i cant remember exactly what one it was, as it was all in a panic, but i think it was the top left one and it was caught up and started swinging, so it was the other 3 doing the mowing just that one caught and doing circles.

I’m from London but currently live in Mauritius and there’s very few places where I can take off from the ground or use a landing pad without it flying off or having to be pegged down.

On top of that all the kerfuffle of having to prep a take off spot - meaning you might miss an important window in the weather - results in me hand launching each and every time.

I also hand catch all the time. It saves having to buy and carry needless gear around with you. Look up hand launching hand catching Mavic on YouTube. It becomes 2nd nature once you get the hang of it.

You just need to make sure that your fingers are clear of the propellers and where it’s safe to hold/catch the drone when you’re bringing it down. The rest is all common sense. Good luck!

 

[Nosebump]

While I use one of the sixteen dollar foldable launch pads, in the beginning, I used a usps unassembled shipping box. They’re free, and ideal for what you’re trying to do, and if you break your drone, you can assemble the thing and ship it off for repair.

 

[Drgnfli]

Yeah i think it is best, is there anything i can use in the meantime that will act as a landing mat?

A couple of car mats...

 

[Drgnfli]

Was that a car mat?

Yeah! I think he meant a car mat...