Easy Hand Catch & Hand Launch - 2 Minute Tutorial for DJI Mini 3 Pro
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Sometimes you need to hand-catch or launch if there is no flat ground or you're in long grass. It's easy and useful to know how, so I explain the auto take-off, auto-land and how to easily and safely land the Mini 3 Pro on your hand.
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Some love it; some hate it, but hand-catching is useful to know and incredibly easy with the Mini 3 Pro. Unless it's windy! :)
I'm just going to carry a little piece of cardboard inside my drone case to be on the safe side.
@@RealHomeRecordingI did the same thing.
Instant sub. Short, informative, and asks for the like at the end without taking an entire minute to guilt you into it. I miss when TH-cam was like this.
Well thank you 🤠👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Perfectly put. Fully agree 👍🏽
Well just for that, I made sure not to skip the ads too.
No beating around the bush. Thanks.
Btilliant, thanks.
Very helpful. Thanks for creating this for us
Liked your shirt. I live just east of Nashville. Hardest thing here... All heavily wooded and the only clear space is over the lakes and rivers. Given the dense forest, hand launching the mini 3 is super helpful. Will go test that tomorrow.
Thanks for the video but as someone who's managed to have an accident with a DJI drone please wear glasses when doing this. Even if it's just a pair of sun glasses, you're holding your hand at eye level and it only takes a quick movement from obstacle avoidance and you're in serious shit.
Fantastic. Love the short and sweet answer here. Thanks for the brief and straightforward info Ian!
Very helpful video. Thank you.
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Thanks again, love these brief, but concise videos.
Best to learn this trick! It's gonna come in handy for sure! Thanks for the Mini 3 Pro tip!
Awesome shirt! 🤠
Tried it for the first time last week ,was amazed how easy it felt 👍
Just got my mini 3 drone and had it out for its first flight. My friend recommended this method and your video - very helpful, thanks!
Goo tutorial Ian
Thanks for the simple demo, Ian!
Nice one Ian. Hoping to receive mine next week ready for my holiday!!
Thank you for your tutorial, I was kind of scare to hand launch and hand land before, after your tutorial I manage to do it yesterday. That felt great.
Great video! I always hand catch when I'm on the beach or in the woods
Thanks Ian. I'm waiting for mine to be delivered and watching all vids I can prior. Feel like an expert albeit not flown yet !!
Thank you, Ian. Very helpful.
- Robert
Very very useful, thanks for this video
It's even easier to hand launch and catch the Mini 3 than the 2. I have been doing it almost every time - especially as the RC is so light and convenient.
Thanks for this. I’ll give it a go next time I am flying
Short and simple nice video.
Thank you I will try
Thanks for the video Ian I have always found it best for me to hand lanuch and catch as most of the time the ground around is not even. Keep up the videos coming.
Thanks Karen. Hope you enjoy your Mini 3 🤠👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Many thanks for this tutorial via launch/land Mini 3 Pro. This will certainly decrease the number of super fragile pros I'll have to buy from this point forward. My older Phantom 3 Pro was a breeze to hand catch. This boy was a bit spooky till now.
Thanks!! :)
Cool. I Will Try. Thanks!
Like it Ian! Will try it next time I’m out flying 👍
Thanks. Informative and helpful.
thank you. I was in an area with a lot of dried grass and I tried to catch in my hand but it kept lifting up from the sensors, so now I understand how to do this. Thanks!
Great Tutorial Video Ian. Thank You.
Cheers Doug 👍🏻👍🏻
Great demo Ian, I must give it ago - used to live near the New Forest, amazing place to explore. Many thanks for sharing the info :)
Thanks, Ian, I was one of the people who asked, really useful nice short and informative video
I always hand catch, done it since i bought my first drone {mavic pro} all those years ago. Good video as always Ian.
Cheers fella! Yep, Once you get the hang of it, it's second nature. Certainly for landing...👍🏻👍🏻
Perfect. Thanks Ian 🙏🏻 🚁
Appreciated.
Great video tutorial. Thank you for sharing. God bless.
thanks, I will try it
Thanks for great tutorial 👌
Thanks!
Thank you Vance! Much appreciated! Cheers!
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nice, thank you. Pretty camper van too :)
Hand launching and catching is one of the things so intimidating and scary at first, but basically becomes the only way forward once you've got the hang of it
Thanks needed this 💪🏾
I've been on a beach and had dogs chasing my drone (owners miles away) and one dog even kicked sand on my landing pad! Windy surfaces and hard surfaces also don't make good places for landing pads. I'm going to have to try hand flight today!!
Great video, Thanks 😊
Thanks for this, Ian. I tried this before watching your video and sliced my finger while holding, and trying to switch it off. Subbed. 👍
Ow. Learn. Move on :)
I’m fairly new to drones but this I find the easiest way to takeoff and land, what is very different with the 3 is the sound of the props, it is very easy to lose track of the drone and end up panicking ( where has it gone ) after comical shenanigans ended up trusting the return to home function. Phew!
Yes, keep an eye on the map 👍🏻
Since buying the mini 2 Ian I have found the best way for me to catch the drone is using the thumb and forefinger either side of the body of the drone . It just feels more sure for me. Great little drone btw and don't regret buying it at all, especially with the fly more combo. Got mine on Amazon with care refresh for 529 pounds. I did insure it as well with cover drone for around £50. 👍👍 Love all your reviews
good trick but wouldn't be possible with this one. The obstacle sensors would activate.
Helpful. The other route of pressing the button to land is frustrating because half the time it doesn’t work and says there isn’t a stable surface to land on. Joystick held down is much easier regardless if on hand or a flat surface.
Thankyou
Obrigado amigo
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This will be really useful for the insta 360 sphere users to prevent continuous lens replacements.
Miss the New Forest 🌳👍🏻
Time 02:45.
You had more or less zero wind. During that condition it works well.
Today the position was on top of a hill and gusty winds. The way You showed here didn't work for the dancing around drone fighting the gusts.
Instead, getting down to the level of my eyes, my hand approached the Mini 3 slightly from behind, firmly closed some fingers around it, and SLOWLY tilted it 90 degrees, and the props stopped. Yes, the screen showed the entire dictionary of complains.
What I want to say is that the tilt doesn't need to be like a wrestler throwing the opponent around in a blink.
Might have to upgrade from my Mavic Pro !!
Before buying my Mini 2 over a year ago, I "accessorised " and bought a landing pad among other things. Then I watched a video on hand launch and land before my first flight. Never used the landing pad at all and have always used this method even with my recent Mini 3
I did the same thing
And returned the landing pad. Fuck it hand launch and hand land for days
@@Matanumi Abso-fucking-lutely !
I was exactly the same, using a launch pad. I had the Hubsan Zino before, which to its credit was a good drone. But the weight of the mini 2 and it's stability in the air makes it a pleasure to own. I wish they would give owners more freedom to use the following modes as I had on the Hubsan. That also doesn't have obstacle avoidance and I have never crashed it
Good video! Two safety thoughts. (1) Always point the drone away from you. (2) If there is a slight breeze aim the drone to fly with the breeze and away from you.
Yes, pointing away makes the left / right movements and fwd / back the right way round 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I belive its safer if you point the drone towards the wind as if theres a gust the drone will rotate forwards away from your arm, this would be safer than it rotating towards you
Great video . When landing on your hand do you slowly pull the left stick down or pull down straight away. 😊
I’m not a fan of hand catching, I’ve cut myself before, but it’s a needed skill for sure , good video Ian
Larger drones are trouble if you get it wrong :)
If you get a neck strap for the control, it's even easier!
I always hate hand catching and know how much damage the props can do (made a stupid mistake trying to pick up my Mavic out the road when a car was coming while motors had started, and it decided that meant it was taking off - shredded my finger and had a good chunk missing from the tip for a while).
Just got the Mini 3 Pro which looks like I might sometimes be forced to hand launch/catch, so this video definitely helped a bit.
Respect the props 😎
An icon comes up on my DJI mini pro 3 often when trying to use the automatic land feature on the screen. Today I looked at the remote for a second as usual to tap the okay button and while looking down it continued the landing process into my hand (usually doesn’t) until I hit the auto landing feature again. Hit my finger cutting the tip then crashing into the ground and breaking a propellor. Luckily the gimbal and body isn’t damaged. Going to use the joystick for hand landing for now on. Thanks for the tip, learned the hard way!
Shame! Yep, I always just keep left stick down to land 👍🏻
you can also do manual launch and manual landing, with joystick, launch = push both sticks in down -interior, to start the blades then raise with the altitude stick. landing manually does the same thing, bring it to head level, put hand benith her, push down the stick, and once land u need to keep the stick down for the blades to stop.
Hi Ian. I've reserved my Mini 3 pro today mate, won't have it till next month. Might as well jump on the 249g band wagon sooner rather than later. How's the 10bit colour update working out? Cheers. 👍
Always have plasters just in case they bite 😁👍🏻
Only when you make them angry 😉
I hand catch all my drones, even the bigger ones when there is no good spot to land or go up. Until now still all my fingers ;) But indeed not in hard winds haha
I usually land it on my hand, although one recent landing and I caught the right hand control and it almost took my head off🤣🤣🤣
A little known hand catch technique: Hover the drone next to you, then grab it from underneath and quickly flip it while maintaining your grip. Drone propellers stop immediately. This way you can do it even in a little windy conditions. I do this from my kayak. Hand launching and catching are must for this drone(no real landing clearance)if you're out and about, more freedom to use. Once you practice, you'll never go back to the regular way.
Yes, altho personally I don't like how that will stress the arms and motors; it's a good occasional trick but not one I'd do every time... Cheers
Why quick flip? Just push throttle stick down😂
Sometimes it doesn't want to land on the hand for some reason.When that happens, I hold from the bottom of the airframe and push the 2 sticks down towards each other which cuts the motors (although I have to use my right forearm for the right side stick to do this). It does usually go max throttle since it tries to compensate for it, but I don't think the stress on the components are anything to worry about (flipping it however sounds like more stress for the parts - I haven't tried that).
DJI confirms it's okey to flip stop the props according to a Tuber.
Not recommended at all unless an emergency.
If its windy you cant grab it from the enderside as it lands on your hand and holding tight turn it upside down which will kill the props staight away and leave it safe. I saw this on a video and it works great but you need to be quick and not drop it.
Great tip Ian. I was also wondering when it might be necessary to do a compass calibration. At one time if was always recommended before each flight and certainly at the first flight from new? Appreciate the technology has moved on though?
They have reduced the frequency of compass calibrations needed.... Quite rare to actually need it these days 👍🏻
Great Video again Ian, I have been hand catching my three drones for some time now, regards TJK UK.
There are situations where hand launching and catching would be a desireable option and that is why I searched out and found your video among others to further evaluate this option with the Mini 3/4 drone.
With all things being carefully considered it seems to me that that best option would be to avoid situations where hand launching and catching is a necessity. The myriad of things that could go wrong outweigh, in my opinion, just moving to or waiting for the option of throwing your pad down on the ground and doing a proper home point launch/land setup.
People that insist on trying to fly drones on and off of small boats where factoring in wave motion comes into play is among the most ridiculous things I can think of.
Would this be the best way to launch and catch from a boat when it's not underway?
Hi Ian, thanks, was waiting for this video. But hand launching Mini 2 is to spin up the motors (easy task by moving sticks down outwards with thumb and elbow when holding drone), move the Mini 2 a little upwards and it'll start hovering at the same height.. In this video the drone is literally launched from the hand and immediately starts raise height by 1,2 mtr.. I think the old 'hand launch' and this launching from the hand are two different things.
Yes, two slightly different approaches but you need to hold the remote in 2 hands to move the two sticks at the same time, or balance on your arm.... 👍🏻
@@IaninLondon Thanks.. I fly from balcony most of time, holding drone left hand, controller right hand. With right thumb pull richt stick, with left lower arm puling left stick. When releasing drone to hover I imedialty have control over right stick to stear drone in wanted direction. With neigbours above me drying laundry outside balcony the drone first flying upwards is not really ideal.. That's why was wondering about the hand launch 🙂
This I found out on my “first” flight ~ it fell over ‼️despite using a takeoff / landing pad
So hand held takeoff and landing necessary.
any change in the range of the m3p with firmware? or is it still shitting the bed at 300m?
Hand catching is a must for me about 80% of the time. I would like to add one thing though; when hand catching it is very important to not hurry and to think ahead. I have twice been in a rush to catch my Air 2S because I had other people with me, and clipped the tips of my fingers and made a bloody mess. Not a great thing when with clients!
I have done the same thing with my A2S!
Think of it like feeding a horse. Hands flat! 😉
@@IaninLondon exactly!
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been watching your videos for a few weeks now buddy as bought an air 2s and wanted to know how to time lapse and best camera settings. you put out good info... all i can say is ive done fpv flying with a go pro strapped on for years, and now i've took the plunge and tried this, i find this type of drone quite boring. i know you might think i'm comparing apples to oranges but i can also do smooth cinematic footage with my fpv drone and can actually do it much better with all the freedom and agility free style gives me going round tight gaps etc. betaflight is the best to fine tune too. these dji drones are sooo rigid and only good for pans and orbits i find. i can do split s dives down cliffs and water falls with fpv and get very interesting video montages put together. i'll use the mavic for more professional shooting as it has the 1 inch sensor and can get slightly better HD video but cant think of anything else for it tbh. it's very user friendly and requires almost no skill which is a bonus i guess. the reflective phone screen is harder to use too compared to the immersive goggles.
Yep, all fair points! I need to get more out of my fpv..... The short battery life always puts me off.... But yep, cruising down over a cliff. Always awesome 🤠
I do hand launches and landings all the time now after one too many episodes of turning my drone into a £640 lawnmower and having to replace the props twice. The only time I fu*ked up a hand landing was when I was perched on a boulder next to the river and mis-judged how far forward the drone was. I panicked and tried to grab it and ended up hurting my finger and damaging the props. Always have your feet on stable ground so you have space to move if you need to.
Same same! Flying the Mini3Pro was a lot of fun! I'm planning on getting an ND filter set for this drone though I've no idea which brand to get. Any suggestions would be welcome :)
Freewell usually make good once at a reasonable price!
Nice one mate... Is hand launch and catch for Mavic Air 2 the same? Ps.... You had a mini 1 for sale at cheap price, what is the price? Id like the mini 2 but looking at price options.
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Thanks. Is anyone aware of a company making a decent lanyard for the controller ?
I never tried hand launching, so thanks for the tip. I have caught it mid-air by letting it hover slightly above my head, then sneaking from behind to grab it without it sensing my hand, then I'd flip it upside down to turn it off. My question is, does that damage the drone, or wear it down faster?
I don't like twisting it to shut it down.... I'm sure it puts unnecessary stress on the legs and joints... but that's just me...
Is mini 3 worth it vs air2s which one should I get bro love your videos keep it up mate
I'd say it mainly depends on whether or not being under 25g makes a difference wherever you are. Certainly in the UK I'd be strongly biased towards the Mini 3 Pro just because of that.
Just tried this and first attempt went very smoothly… the 2nd not so well and got a painful blow to my fingers as a result with drone hitting the ground (on grass fortunately). I will persevere with it tho’ as it’s so convenient to be able to hand launch & catch.
Careful :) This is not supposed to hurt! :)
@@IaninLondon yep… I think I panicked a bit as the drone was landing as it didn’t appear to be squarely over my upturned palm. I’ve been hand catching my phantom4 Pro for years, so this should be easier, right 😉
As a token bit of safety, I always wear sunglasses when I'm in a 'flying close to me' situation.
Hi Ian when you fly in the new forest have you ever been told not to by rangers or others ? I took my drone there but early in morning when no was about i am not sure of the law thanks Pat
Yes, found out later they don't allow flying anywhere. I only flew for this single video....
If you're landing in a tricky situation like on a boat or in the wind, I'd recommend gripping it with your thumb and forefinger once it's on your hand. I lost mine to the water doing it like this :)
Yes; grab and twist is a better option in that scenario 👍🏻
Great little tutorial Ian 👍
Just a quick question…I’ve ordered the mini 3 pro and the fly more combo ,only got to wait 6 weeks lol. Anyway my question : should I charge the batteries separately ?
I can remember, when I got the Mavic Air 2 combo, you advised to charge separately.
Just wondered what you would suggest ?
Many thanks
Roy
I've used the hub with no issues 👍🏻👍🏻
From the videos I've seen, the charging hub charges the batteries in sequence, so that's in effect what it does even if you plop them all in at the same time. I couldn't wait for the fly more combo packs to become available, so I just got the drone itself and will pick up the fly more pack once it comes back into stock.
Now Ian I have a very similar beard to you and I was wondering if am out camping and I forget my trimmer?
Then you'll go shaggy and grizzled like me 🤠🤠🤠
Almost always hand catch the mini 3. Had no option to try hand catching my mavic 3 today as battery was forcing landing and nowhere suitable to land so had my first go at it.... jesus i know i have small hands but took ages for the props to stop was like fighting a dragon 😅😅😅
Hi good video, is the RC Remote worth the extra money ?
Yes, absolutely
Never had issues with Mini's. The Mavic 3 is the one I cringe every catch, especially with Master Airscrew Stealth Props. They have razor sharp edges, and while the odds of a prop strike are slim, the outcome of one failure could be a reduction of digits.
I wouldn't argue with the Mavic 3 props 🤣
@@IaninLondon Not an argument you (anyone) can afford to lose.
A gent on another channel, who shall remain nameless stated "even if the Mini 3 Pro props hit, they are small. They will hurt but won't draw blood. Okay Mr Thick Skin. Good luck with that. A prop scar is a rite of passage in drone piloting. The M3P does have longer arms, but longer props accompany that!
Having been happily hand launching/catching my M3P since I got it, I can vouch for their failure to draw blood on my thumb, which I forgot to fold out flat on one occasion for some reason! It did hurt, though :)
Hand landing yes. But hand launching with the N1 controller and tapping the tkof-button on the phone is more difficult...
Very true. TBH, landing is the more common function; I rarely hand launch as you can always find a rock or something to take off from 👍🏻