How to Hand Catch DJI Mavic 2 Pro, Mavic Air & Mavic Pro

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5 жыл бұрын

It's a marmite thing: you either love it or hate, but if you need to hand-catch because of dogs, kids or unsuitable terrain, then you need to know how to catch your drone and it's way easier than you think....
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@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

So, do you hand catch or launch? Or do you think it's lunacy and always use the ground? Like to know what you think..... Cheers, Ian

@Happy_Snapper 5 жыл бұрын

Ian in London only hand catch if I have too.

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

@@Happy_Snapper That's pretty much my take... Always easiest to land on ground but good to easily hand catch too 👍🏻

@quantumphaser 5 жыл бұрын

I like the "Precision Takeoff" feature, it is amazing to see it land Dead On the HeliPad Haven't been brave enough to Hand Launch or Land, yet... Hey I sent you a note below, Greg

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Only hand catch if you need to! And the Mavic 2 Pro doesn't have precision landing yet, so you're doing well with the Pro. 👍🏻

@Sedici-Competizione 5 жыл бұрын

I usually always launch from the ground using a landing pad, with the phantom line, I usually hand catch to bring it back in and with the mavic I land back on the pad, I am obsessed with keeping the equipment clean inside and out also

@ChrisGreenfieldNorfolk 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian, hand caught my Air today for the first time, having watched your video. Surprised at how easy it was to do, no need to land in dusty / sandy conditions again as a result, cheers for the advice!

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff 👍🏻👍🏻

@PhotoJoanne 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian. Confidence building that’s what this video is.

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joanne. That's my idea with most of my videos... Cheers 👍🏻 Ian

@DroneSupremacy 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Ian! I always hand-catch when landing, it has become a habit. Cheers :)

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Mike! That's the idea ... Easy when you know how 😎👍🏻

@Mushroom-Motivation 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Ian great video, I’m a bit of both, if the ground is good for landing then I land on the ground otherwise I hand catch. Unfortunately I don’t have a Ted so haven’t got to worry about little noses getting shredded 😁👍

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

At least you know how to catch when you need to. Cheers Tony! Ian

@sunbladerr 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ,that was very useful and well done. He second viewpoint added into your video was a perfect . Be Well and Good Journey Richie.

@livefreeanddrone 5 жыл бұрын

I always hand catch. I find it easier than worrying about where to put it on the ground. Also keeps it clean and away from any dust or sand. Often there is vegetation on the ground which impedes a safe landing too.

@alancarter8396 5 жыл бұрын

I almost always hand catch now, more important in the winter with all the moisture around. I did catch the tip of my thumb a while back, hurt a bit. Abig bit.

@droneuk 5 жыл бұрын

ive caught my finger once but not hand catch, i spun the props up when my hand was near and i think it was cold at the time. Couldnt feel my finger for days haha

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Ha! Unlucky. And they're pretty unforgiving! :)

@solarmandave 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos and love the dog!!

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dave 🐾🐾🐾

@hendrikjbboss9973 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent demonstration. Thank you. Most definitely useful at the beach or where there is a lot of loose sand or dust.

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Beach especially! 👍🏻👍🏻 Ian

@evaguerin6741 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! I handcatch a lot because of my dog too! Thanks for sharing!

@omaralimujah2475 5 жыл бұрын

Great vid..you made it look so easy. thank you

@nobull-dozer3356 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ian .

@publiedos 5 жыл бұрын

perfect landing on perfect place, cool teaching lesson and lovely two doggie dogs...!!! LOL Lord Ian

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Aha... Thanks Ed! Great to hear from you. Your ever-humble KZfaqr, Ian. 😀. And Ted 🐾🐾

@wadewave4323 5 жыл бұрын

looking great Ian! tx for another great vid!!

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Wade. Filmed a few weeks ago :) Cheers as ever, Ian

@martinhlavac1657 5 жыл бұрын

Very usefull tip!

@grassstrippilot 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thanks! There’s a time and place for all techniques. I could have used this the other day in the snow but am new to drones and hadn’t gotten to this subject yet.

@robertmoran 2 ай бұрын

Excellent.

@brianp6097 4 жыл бұрын

Another good and useful video I just watched again , could be a useful skill to practice and perfect, cheers Ian as always.

@IaninLondon 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Brian 👍🏻

@EdenValleyAdventuresUK 5 жыл бұрын

Great video thanks.

@karenmouselady 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another helpfull video. Love that vanishing dog. The Mavic Air is a lot noisier than the New Mavic Pro.

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Karen! Ted always helps with the editing continuity! 🐾🐾 And yes, the Air is the buzziest of DJI's drones.... :) Ian

@montanadrone1236 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this with me ❤️ I'm going to try it as soon as the weather isn't crappy 👍

@IaninLondon 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! Hopefully that will stop you having to grab and flip it :)

@montanadrone1236 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I haven't got my fingers yet, but I know that it would have happened eventually. Thanks again 👍

@IaninLondon 4 жыл бұрын

@@montanadrone1236 I'm thinking more about not damaging the drone... Skin grows back for free 😃😃

@damodoesall6240 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a hand catcher as I am an epic tight arse and don't want to damage the blades . I like this Ian in Londons fluffy London dogs, they look very cute.

@SirBeauJangles 5 жыл бұрын

Agree completely that hand catches are safer for the drone. My first auto landing with P4, it somehow hesitated and a sudden small gust happened at the instant of touchdown... resulting in a "tripped" - but undamaged - P4. Since then it's a rare event to land in standard fashion. With fine grit that can unseen get lifted up in down turbulence and find its way into the motors, maybe cause a sudden seizure next fight... doesn't bear thinking about. But for me the Phantoms remain the easiest ones to hand catch. With Mavics I bring them down to easy reach then firmly grasp the fore section of the fuselage - avoiding the down-sensors. The Air can be side twisted to kill it or just do like the MavPro and hold the L. stick down to kill the motors. Easy.

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

The Phantoms have nice easy grab- bars for you! And the Air is so small it lands on your palm..... The Pro is always a little prone for prop-rev if you grab it, unless you keep your hand very still.... Cheers, Ian

@YotieKiller1 5 жыл бұрын

My dog when after mine once while launching and that was the last time. It bit her pretty good on the nose she don't go nowhere near it now.

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Ted didn't learn when he had his snout hurt. I think he reckons it's there to be sorted out now so goes even more bananas at it now :) Ian

@mtheadspace5704 4 жыл бұрын

Great vids you’re posting, thanks for the tips. Here’s one back for you re landing within inches of your take off point (ie: your table) When launching for the RTH sensors / camera to work send the Mavic up 10m min for it to get a good image of the RTH & it’s surroundings. It’ll land virtually Bob in ever time so long as there some sort of pattern. Let me know if you’ve tried that or how you found it for you. 👍

@IaninLondon 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark. Yes, I usually have precision landing switched on, but even then it can be a good foot out sometimes, so I do like to hand catch usually 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@mtheadspace5704 4 жыл бұрын

Have you taken it above 10m first. Straight up? I had a few ‘close but no cigar moments’ & then re-read the manual. It does say in order to land accurately it needs that high elevation not just the 2m or so we all normally take off & zoom off to.

@IaninLondon 4 жыл бұрын

@@mtheadspace5704 Yes sir.... I've found this to be the case when coming in from a full flight... I guess it's because I'm taking off from a small table and I don't want it to drift slightly and land with a leg over the edge and fall down. So I generally err on the side of caution and hand catch it... Safely above Ted's reach....👍🏻

@cncmedia1461 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ian thanks for the video. Was wondering can I get in touch and go filming. Just got a mavic zoom and will love to learn a few tips from you if it's ok. Much appreciated thx.

@mylesfinn66 5 жыл бұрын

Wow also a great video for illustrating the difference in noise levels. Don't suppose you have a way of measuring that?

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

It's very subjective; I have a dB sound meter but the numerical difference is so slight; it's all about the pitch. But each of the three clips was shot with the drone ultimately landing exactly the same arm's distance from the mic I'm wearing on my collar, so you can tell the difference pretty clearly. Cheers, Ian

@mylesfinn66 5 жыл бұрын

@@IaninLondon thanks for the vids

@spam4just 5 жыл бұрын

Having a full size iPad on my controller this would prove difficult to do one handed.

@ThePhilgn 5 жыл бұрын

With the mavic 2 I click the land button, slide the bar hold your hand beneath the drone, when it stops and hovers click “force landing” there is enough time to put your hand beneath it again,

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

I'll have a go...👍🏻

@darrentaylor5294 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Ian great info and vid, bit off topic but would you be able to give me a bit of help as to why my 4k footage is jerky when playing back!!, i am using a samsung pro plus class 3 card 100mbs read speed and 90 write speed and the setting i used on the M2P was 4k/30fps which most people seem to use! On my ipad and have tried it on VLC on the pc but both no good to watch, only 1080 works okay so a bit confussed cheers daz

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Daz. Your SD card sounds fine. Have you tried a video editing program to downsize the a bit of jerky 4k video to 1080? If you do that and it then plays back fine, then you know it's simply playback capabilities of the device. 4K vid is very chunky. I have to use a gaming laptop with a dedicated video card to playback any 4K stuff from a file. A normal PC can't handle it. Cheers, Ian

@darrentaylor4707 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ian thanks for getting back to me would you know if you can playback footage through a media player like 5Kplayer or vlc cheers daz

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

@@darrentaylor4707 Unless the player is spec'd to playback 4k video, you'll struggle. And remember the bit-rate too. If you're recording at 100 mb/s, you will really struggle as that's upping the processing requirements even more. Your best bet is to chuck a small clip of it onto your phone if it's a higher end phone. Most phones like the Samsung S6 onwards and recent I-phones can handle 4k very well. Main thing is to test if the issue is on the video itself, or the playback device. Cheers, Ian

@droneuk 5 жыл бұрын

i always hand catch, even with the Phantom, to me it feels a lot safer. Interesting to see the Air hand catch and the new Mavic. I would use the 2nd way to catch it. Hows the Lego Drone :) be cool to see it in its new home :D

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Andy! Yeah, but the Phantoms give you that lovely 4-way vertical handle to grab so you have no problem with hand catching them! The Lego drone is awesome cheers and I need to get that into a video soon. Cheers again mate. Ian

@droneuk 5 жыл бұрын

yeh the Phantom does have that benefit, also the camera feels more protected than the Mavic. Still great video to show the hand catch and how to execute it properly

@ceystath333 5 жыл бұрын

Is hand catching and turning to side to immediately stop the rotors considered dangerous? Maybe this technique puts some strain on the drone?

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't use that method personally as the left stick down command works fine without twisting the orientation of the drone; I reckon it would put some strain on the props.... Ian

@gooberminther3tik25 3 жыл бұрын

Best DJI Mavic methods trainer. thanks Ian. Always straight to the point. Will use hand launch and catch when suitable.

@DutchCamera 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ian. Ron here.....why not disabling the landing protecting sensors? Or did I miss something.....?

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

Landing Protection is actually quite useful and helps with the props being shut down when it senses it's no longer flying. But yes, disabling landing protection would make it a land a bit quicker and easier on your hand. Ian

@Onbekommerd 5 жыл бұрын

You said you cannot land on the table. Why would that be a problem?

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

The Mavic 2 Pro doesn't have precision landing and the landing protection stops the landing as it's surrounded by fence and bushes saying it's unsuitable. But if it's a large wooden table (not metal) out in the open, it would land fine. 👍🏻

@Onbekommerd 5 жыл бұрын

OK, thanks that makes it clear. I have a Mavic Air, which has precision landing but I usually land it manually anyway and on a table (which I have never done) would help avoiding debris.

@IaninLondon 5 жыл бұрын

@@Onbekommerd The Air is perfect for landing on your flat palm if you can't land on the ground...👍🏻👍🏻

@CRA677 4 жыл бұрын

The Pro & 2 Pro seem to be significantly more quiet. Would you agree?

@IaninLondon 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely. Both have longer props and lower RPM and lower resulting sound pitch that sounds quieter to the human ear. The 2 Pro is the quietest in that sense.