Stopped the props by finger. Motors damaged?

[sliyk]

Hi guys
I attempted to fly the drone indoors (not a very good idea) and I found it to be drifting towards and obstacle. I caught it from the bottom and it immediately sped up to get out of my hand. I tried to emergency **** down but in the process my finger caught the right sided propellers stopping their spin (my fingers are okay).
Since then the dro e has bee. Flying fine with no problem and the propellants are good too.
I wanted to know if this sort of action could have done any permanent damage to the spinning motors?
Thanks.

 

[Robert Mitchell]

Doubt that did any damage.

If so you would see errors on the app,

 

[Aww@Mavic]

FYI If you caught the drone from the bottom, simply tilting left or right would have cut the motors off immediately.
I hope your fingers are ok...
I don’t think the motors have suffered long term damage but worth keeping her low and keep a close eye over the next few flights

 

[sliyk]

FYI If you caught the drone from the bottom, simply tilting left or right would have cut the motors off immediately.
I hope your fingers are ok...
I don’t think the motors have suffered long term damage but worth keeping her low and keep a close eye over the next few flights

Thanks for the reassurance. I did fly her for over 25 mins after this. Hovering and low. No errors or problems maneuvering
Gave me a fright though.

 

[Robert Mitchell]

Thanks for the reassurance. I did fly her for over 25 mins after this. Hovering and low. No errors or problems maneuvering
Gave me a fright though.

Those little motors are tougher than your fingers! Lol.

 

[ROBERTNCREST]

boy, it really hurts when you touch a spinning prop. the rotating drone to stop motor trick works well. And remember to tuck all non-catching fingers in when hand catching.

 

[Top Hat]

Got my finger caught up once and the thing is like a flying weed wacker.
Got some nasty cuts from it but long healed now.
Battle scars!

 

[sliyk]

As an interesting piece of information. I have been flying it here in Pakistan (on vacation) and a couple of times an Eagle tried to attack it while it was airborne. I was like holy frack! And immediately descended. Lol

 

[khooper802]

Hi guys
I attempted to fly the drone indoors (not a very good idea) and I found it to be drifting towards and obstacle. I caught it from the bottom and it immediately sped up to get out of my hand. I tried to emergency **** down but in the process my finger caught the right sided propellers stopping their spin (my fingers are okay).
Since then the dro e has bee. Flying fine with no problem and the propellants are good too.
I wanted to know if this sort of action could have done any permanent damage to the spinning motors?
Thanks.

I don't think this would cause damage. The propellers are intended to stop if they have a interference with an object. For example I landed in a field one time on accident and when I tried to take off it wouldn't because there was an obstruction. I feel they would stop for your finger as well.

 

[DanMan32]

Those blades are sharp. I had gotten a minor cut on my arm from wind spinning blades on my M2.

 

[Kilrah]

You'd have lost fingers way before the motors would suffer.

 

[sliyk]

You'd have lost fingers way before the motors would suffer.

may sound disturbing, but glad to hear it

 

[gerrymad]

As an interesting piece of information. I have been flying it here in Pakistan (on vacation) and a couple of times an Eagle tried to attack it while it was airborne. I was like holy frack! And immediately descended. Lol

I think the right way to avoid an attack is actually to accelerate and climb.

 

[ryanolivas]

If you don't see any visible damage and it's still flying fine then your good.

 

[WithTheBirds]

I don't think this would cause damage. The propellers are intended to stop if they have a interference with an object. For example I landed in a field one time on accident and when I tried to take off it wouldn't because there was an obstruction. I feel they would stop for your finger as well.

There is a big difference between failing to spool up because there is an obstruction detected and stopping before an injury might be sustained. Don’t test this theory, it’s a bad one.

 

[Turn11]

FYI If you caught the drone from the bottom, simply tilting left or right would have cut the motors off immediately.

What @Aww@Mavic said is 100% correct

You can tilt it in any direction about 70 degrees (make sure you have a good grasp)
OR
the CSC command will shut off the motors. With obstacle avoidance on, it was belly aching as it should have.
You could have flown it to a safe place to land but with adrenaline flowing it would have been easy to over correct. Glad no one was seriously hurt, a lot of folks on here didn't get off as easy.
Here is a copy of the Mavic Pro User Manual section on CSC.