Hand catching vs. Landing

Xtreme Drone Pilot · Nov 12, 2017

netfolks2000 said:
Does disabling the bottom sensors mean when landing the craft will go down hard? Or will it still get close and land softly on its own?

It lands identically in whichever mode.

dewster · Nov 12, 2017

It depends on the terrain. 70% land on flat surface; 30% hand catch. I fly with "Landing Protection" off so I always have a quick option for recovery. I also catch the craft if the area is too dusty.

hjmavic · Nov 12, 2017

Never landed in my hands, i love my fingers.

responsedrone · Nov 12, 2017

After seeing this thready I did my first launch and landing with my hand. Launching it was a bit awkward as I'm trying to click the launch icon on the phone and then slide it over as I'm holding my left hand out. I also had to wait for GPS lock. Landing it was really easy and I didn't disable any of the sensors. I was a bit nervous, but had no issues.

kruzlifix · Nov 13, 2017

jduncanson said:
Hi, I recently hand caught and the left stick did not shut it down, in fact, Mavic wanted to return to home as ii was holding it and trying to lift to go home. Unfortunately, i was under a tree at the time as i moved in to get a better shot. Any idea why the stick did not shut down anyone? Also, is there a fail safe kill switch?

this happend to me once too: after a long flight downwind over the sea I just managed to come to shore and we handcaught the drone just the last milisecond before rth because of low battery.
the drone went crazy and wanted to fly home ( up the beach about 6 km).
the drone would not ract to any comands from the RC and we kind of panicked. also trying to shut down the battery did not work
the only way to stop the drone was to really keep a tight hold on it from below and then reach over from top to slide your finger between the with max speed running propellers and release the battery!