Obstacle Sensing System - Can you still catch the P4 while it is landing?
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I guess flying over big crowd is perfectly normal and legal in China
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hand catching prevents the difficulty of us old guys having to bend down and pick up the bird from the ground... ;-P jk
its also great to prevent hard landings and tipping over which the phantoms landing gear predispose it to do.
Also, as @Kevin Jamison explained above its hard to land on a target- takes extra time anyway, faster to hand catch AND
if its dusty or sandy you prevent your bird inhaling dust and sand... cough cough
back on topic of obstacle avoidance... if a moving object like a person or car were slowly moving towards the front of the phantom 4 will it go into reverse? Sorry if that was explained I did read this from the beginning.
its also great to prevent hard landings and tipping over which the phantoms landing gear predispose it to do.
Also, as @Kevin Jamison explained above its hard to land on a target- takes extra time anyway, faster to hand catch AND
if its dusty or sandy you prevent your bird inhaling dust and sand... cough cough
back on topic of obstacle avoidance... if a moving object like a person or car were slowly moving towards the front of the phantom 4 will it go into reverse? Sorry if that was explained I did read this from the beginning.
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Unfortunately.... the most important directions for obstacle avoidance IMO....
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There is no other way to land it in heavy wind and snow other than catching it by hand. There are tons on videos on YouTube about that. But I found this one very useful.
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No, that will drop it straight to the ground. Push left throttle down and hold it there until the motors switch off.
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Not if your Phantom is already on the ground
The reason it's not a good idea to use CSC when on ground is because it can cause your Phantom to tip over if it's not done cleanly. Holding the left stick down for 3-5 seconds and waiting for the motors to shut down will never cause a tip-over.
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Had my drone for 2-3 week now and i always land it and just pull back on the left stick to shut motors off, doing CSC spins up the motors on power down and that is what makes them tip over. Have never had a drone before so it's all new to me, but so far i have found landing to be very easy and i use a landing mat that fits inside my case.
Don't like the idea of trying a hand catch, seems like a good way to hurt yourself. But i do understand that sometimes it would be needed if you're on a boat or something else that's moving.
Don't like the idea of trying a hand catch, seems like a good way to hurt yourself. But i do understand that sometimes it would be needed if you're on a boat or something else that's moving.
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When you bring it in, turn the quad away from you and fly it to your position backwards... let it hover and get ahold of it, then shut it down the way you've always done it. I've always done it that way anyway, with the camera facing away... no problem.
Hand catching rules. Always a wow factor for the crowd. I hover with props just above head height and reach up then left stick down. Completly safe and practical for many reasons
I guess many years of fixed-wing flying has me left with the opposite take as attempts to pluck a fixed-wing bird out of the air usually ends badly for both the aircraft & the catcher! 
There are three major facets to flying: Take-off, flying, & landing. Take-off & flying are straightforward & easy. A bit of rudder on take-off for prop planes, particularly tail-draggers, to counter torsional forces. The most difficult part is ending your flight with a smooth, safe, controlled landing. I believe people are more impressed when they watch a pilot fly in & set down smoothly on the deck as opposed to seeing them grab an aircraft from the air. There are certainly occasions when hand-catching is useful such as extreme winds, lack of a suitable landing spot, emergency situation, etc.. I just don't feel like I have fulfilled my piloting duties if I don't land my aircraft.
There are three major facets to flying: Take-off, flying, & landing. Take-off & flying are straightforward & easy. A bit of rudder on take-off for prop planes, particularly tail-draggers, to counter torsional forces. The most difficult part is ending your flight with a smooth, safe, controlled landing. I believe people are more impressed when they watch a pilot fly in & set down smoothly on the deck as opposed to seeing them grab an aircraft from the air. There are certainly occasions when hand-catching is useful such as extreme winds, lack of a suitable landing spot, emergency situation, etc.. I just don't feel like I have fulfilled my piloting duties if I don't land my aircraft.
It is my experience that under windy condition. The quad will tend to move around/ up -down and the worst time to try a hand catch.
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I recommend you DON'T use CSC to shutdown. It sometimes causes the aircraft to tilt and endanger the blades.
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