I've recently upgraded from a Mavic Mini to the Mavic Air 2, and am still getting the hang of a lot of it.
Something I've been having some success with is a one-fingered hand-catch, and I wanted to share the technique.
Instead of grabbing the drone with your whole hand, you can raise one finger, drop the drone onto your finger, stop its descent for a moment, and then grab it with a much better feel for how your hand is positioned. If your positioning is disastrously off, it seems like it's easier and faster to get one finger out of harm's way than four or more fingers if you were trying a whole-hand grab.
This video was taken under ideal controlled indoor conditions, but I've had this technique work well for me outside in some wind as well:
One-fingered Mavic Air 2 hand catch (YouTube)
(Please excuse the video's quality -- it was taken with an old iPad front-facing camera. My two much better cameras were either in the air or clipped into the controller at that moment.)
Something I've been having some success with is a one-fingered hand-catch, and I wanted to share the technique.
Instead of grabbing the drone with your whole hand, you can raise one finger, drop the drone onto your finger, stop its descent for a moment, and then grab it with a much better feel for how your hand is positioned. If your positioning is disastrously off, it seems like it's easier and faster to get one finger out of harm's way than four or more fingers if you were trying a whole-hand grab.
This video was taken under ideal controlled indoor conditions, but I've had this technique work well for me outside in some wind as well:
One-fingered Mavic Air 2 hand catch (YouTube)
(Please excuse the video's quality -- it was taken with an old iPad front-facing camera. My two much better cameras were either in the air or clipped into the controller at that moment.)
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