Unlock The Secret To Safely Hand Launching And Catching Your Drone Every Time! - Mini 4 Pro

[@maineman0866]

Very helpful, Nobby. At home and nearby, I bring a launching pad with me, but when we travel overseas, the pad is just extra weight in the luggage . Thanks to your clear instructions I feel better about hand launching and recovery. Thanks!

[@nobby-green]

@@maineman0866 glad you found it useful. I very rarely use a pad these days 👍 thanks 🙏

[@stehume]

Took mine out the other day first time and changed the battery over and as I was on sand I decided to hand larnch it and if fell from my hand and broke the hinge on the arm. wish I had seen this video first. Thanks for the time making this

[@nobby-green]

@@stehume sorry to hear this. Yes a few golden rules when hand launching and catching. Thanks 🙏

[@stehume]

@@nobby-green I called dii refresh and they are going to repair it, I then decided to KZbin it and its a very simple and cheap part to replace with out having to strip the drone. In a way I have learned a couple things, one from your video about ho to launch it and the other how delicate the hinges are and that for the price is to have a spare in the bag. Thanks for the reply

[@nobby-green]

@@stehume either way then you can get it fixed fairly easily. I always reply to comments if people take the time to leave a comment. Thanks 🙏

[@space1commander]

I am new in the Drone world and this video was very informative. Thank you Sir.

[@nobby-green]

@@space1commander you’re welcome. Glad you found it useful 👍 thanks 🙏

[@gama45]

I never thought of putting my Mini 4 Pro in Sport mode to turn off the sensors for hand catching. Thank you for this excellent video Nobby!

[@nobby-green]

@@gama45 neat trick eh Gary 👌 glad you found it helpful thanks 🙏

[@MarioDiaz-co3px]

I was having trouble landing and found the solution in this video: SPORT mode is the key. Thanks so much.

[@nobby-green]

@@MarioDiaz-co3px glad you found it helpful 👍

[@ptaylor5014]

I was a beginner once and soon learned how to do this, and it does indeed take confidence to get the hang of it, though it can be a bit hairy trying to hand catch on a very windy day lol.

[@nobby-green]

@@ptaylor5014 yes that’s where you have to be more vigilant when it’s windy 👍 thanks 🙏

[@Kemagic]

Brilliant Nobby, great advice. I nearly chopped my fingers off trying to land my mini 3 pro once so I gave that idea up especially as I'm learning to play the piano,😊, I was a bricklayer but did a lot of plastering too, so I dug my old hawk out a aluminium one which is quite light and tried taking off and landing on that , it was like a big hand but with no fingers , it was great, a bit awkward carrying around though.😅😅😅 Kev.

[@nobby-green]

@@Kemagic hey Kev you was probably doing it wrong in the first place. I wouldn’t want to carry that around either haha 👍

[@paullelys161]

Yeah me too and it bloody hurts. Almost broke the drone too. Sport mode is the way to go as grabbing it quickly in Normal mode can be a bit tricky.

[@nobby-green]

@@paullelys161 indeed it can 👌 thanks 🙏

[@Eti1968]

Nice and good explanation, however I recommend to start further away from the power-lines for safety.

[@nobby-green]

@@Eti1968 thanks 🙏 those power lines were further away than they looked on the video. ☺️

[@garylinnane917]

Thanks mate 😊 I used to hand launching and hand landing all the time with the mini se and mini 2. For some reason, I just can't get my head around with the mini 4 pro 😅😊

[@nobby-green]

@@garylinnane917 it’s the same as catching any other drone 😀 try it haha 😜

[@terryneilbooth]

Great tips Nobby. I will give it a try. Always best to check the wind direction too so the drone does not get blown suddenly towards you 👍

[@nobby-green]

@@terryneilbooth yes great point Terry I meant to mention that in the video 👍 thanks 🙏

[@jacksonmacd]

The sports mode idea is useful. I've been disabling the avoidance through the menu but your method is easier.

[@nobby-green]

@@jacksonmacd Yes you can do that but much quicker and easier with sport mode 👍 thanks 🙏

[@PapadensVlogoz]

very informative thanks mate

[@nobby-green]

@@PapadensVlogoz I’m glad you found it useful 👍 thanks 🙏

[@ssteve2542]

Thanks mate, I use the same method, but I really stress when trying to hand land in high winds!

[@nobby-green]

@@ssteve2542 yes you need to be extra careful in the winds. 👍

[@LAP1050]

Helpful tips Nobby. Use the “Nobby Grip” for takeoff and landing. When landing, bring the drone down nearby, set to Sport Mode, to cancel the obstacle avoidance and finish the landing using the “Nobby Grip” 👍 Regards Lou🇺🇸

[@nobby-green]

@@LAP1050 you got it Lou ☺️ thanks for the kind words 🙏

[@glennalan]

Thanks nobby! I had an idea but wasn't sure until I saw your video.

[@nobby-green]

@@glennalan you should give it a try 👍 thanks 🙏

[@LambrosLambrou-n9i]

Hi.. thanks for the video. I have an Air 3 and find that I do not need to switch into Sports Mode to hand catch. I simply keep the left stick pressed down and the drone eventually descends into my hand .. keep up the good work..

[@nobby-green]

@@LambrosLambrou-n9i thanks 🙏 yes the air 3 is slightly different I think it’s because the sensors are more spread out 👍

[@MrScottishborn]

@@nobby-green I would have mentioned to be aware of the wind direction when hand launching, especially with the mini series. The wind could blow the drone into your face.

[@nobby-green]

@@MrScottishborn yes indeed I meant to mention that in the video. Thanks 🙏

[@MavericksDrone]

Head launch and landing not reccomended...... I sometimes hand land my Air 3, always a tad anxious, but I never try it in high wind, and have never hand LAUNCHED my Air 3. Today 6 September looks like a great day for flying. Charging up all 3 batteries and will go for a coastal walk to see what big ships are out there. Thanks for this vid too and have a good day catching a tan eating a curry and sipping a cold beer. 🍻

[@nobby-green]

Yes you have to be careful in the winds. Launching the Air 3 by hand i find easier to be honest. Sounds like your planning a nice day! Happy Flying Buddy

[@MavericksDrone]

@@nobby-green forgot to say, when I turned on my RC2 to check for any updates.... Found one : V01. 00.1500 not much going on, it was around 380mb. I hope it improves the start up of the RC2, mine takes a while, never used to at first.

[@nobby-green]

@@MavericksDrone Update video dropping later 😀 Seems fine to me

[@geofflittler2035]

Excellent video, very concise and informative. I have been flying for some years and am now on my third drone. From my very first flight to my most recent I have never taken off from the ground or landed on it. I always hand launch and hand catch. I do find that with my Air 3 if you hold your hand out completely flat underneath it even in cinematic or normal mode the drone will pause but not for very long and then land on your hand. I wouldn't consider taking off or landing any other way since I feel it is infinitely safer for the drone and any PITA observers who will invariably come running over while I am landing and ask the standard questions. You know the ones: How fast can it go? How high can it go? How far can it go? Meanwhile they accidentally stand on it or God firbid it hits them in the face.

[@nobby-green]

@@geofflittler2035 I find the bigger drones much easier to handle. And yes watch out for the pesky onlookers 😁 thanks 🙏

[@geofflittler2035]

@nobby-green Mini 3 Pro was alright for hand launch and landing. I do fully take your point though with the Mini 4. I only had mine very briefly and it was extremely flighty. It is a fantastic drone and I know lots of people absolutely love them but personally I found mine to be very limiting. I had my own for only 3 weeks and then flew my mates Air 3. Flogged the Mini 2 days later, bought the Air 3 and have never looked back. I certainly don't miss it.

[@nobby-green]

@@geofflittler2035 I love my Air 3 it’s by far the Best drone in my collection 👍

[@richardhykes6939]

Keep on flying my friends

[@nobby-green]

@@richardhykes6939 thanks 🙏 🤛

[@cwade6944]

I always just held the stick down and waited for it to figure out I was landing, never though about going to sports node to turn off the sensors! lololol. works great!

[@nobby-green]

@@cwade6944 learn something new everyday ☺️ glad you found it helpful thanks 🙏

[@TheDeadlyraptor]

I grab it an tip it to land it

[@nobby-green]

@@TheDeadlyraptor not recommended only in an emergency. You can damage the motors if you do it too often 👍

[@skeeterstube]

Hi, Nice video and good info. Now for the however I do the hand catch a little different. I take the time to go into the menu to turn off the obstacle avoidance. Yes I know that, as you said, sport mode turns it off, however I prefer cine mode to hand catch - smoother-slower motion of the drone, Air 2S here. Plus I bring it in to me sideways, nose(camera) to the right, better veiw of the props level. So park it in the air - go into the menu turn O A off - select cine mode - oreintate drone to the right and bring it down and in to my right hand. Most of the time the lady announces 'Landing ' and she turns off the drone in my hand. Each to their own. Oh and one more thing, neck lanyard for controller, gives you that third hand. Great channel here thanks.

[@nobby-green]

@@skeeterstube yes that is an alternative method however there’s not much difference in speed once it’s starts to land. It has its own speed for decent 👍 thanks 🙏

[@skeeterstube]

@nobby-green , yep you're right there. Not much difference when coming down. I just like the smooth moves of bringing it in to me in cine mode. Got the 'gain - expo tuning' turned way down for it. Hey, that would make an interesting 'How To video' Gain & Expo Tuning .

[@nobby-green]

@@skeeterstube indeed it would. I already have it on my list to do thanks 🙏

[@roygmrobinson7285]

Solid training Nobby. Should be on the YT Drone top 10 Great education on an important operator skill. I've been out and practices your method her & it worked really well. All five 🖐

[@nobby-green]

@@roygmrobinson7285 thank you 🙏 glad you found it useful 👍

[@naumanstechworld8881]

With my Air 3, I bring it down slightly higher than my height. Then I put my hand under it and hold the stick down. Obstacle avoidance still enabled. After around 5 seconds or so it starts to come down and I catch it.

[@nobby-green]

@@naumanstechworld8881 yes that’s pretty normal for the air 3 the mini 4 however sometimes it just won’t come down. Possibly due to the sensors being so close together 🤷‍♂️ thanks 🙏

[@densomerglad8421]

So simple, so ingenious, thank you sIr.

[@nobby-green]

@@densomerglad8421 you’re welcome. Glad you found it useful 👍

[@nardesh127]

Can you make test flight for active shot in night, I tried but failed.

[@glennalan]

Yes I'm going to tonight thank you

[@nobby-green]

@@glennalan just remember OA doesn’t work at night so you won’t need sports mode unless it’s still light 👍 thanks 🙏

[@BazFairbrother]

Hi Nobby, been doing this since getting my original Mavic air but always did the 90° side twist once it was in my hand. This obviously isn't necessary with the mini 4 pro👍🏼👇🏼

[@nobby-green]

@@BazFairbrother yes you can tip it sideways in an emergency but wouldn’t do it often as it can put strain on the motors 👍 thanks 🙏

[@blackydon]

Thanks Nobby. I have always been frightened to try this, But this video has given me hope. I have the Mini 3 pro and am going to have a go. Great video as always. 💥

[@nobby-green]

@@blackydon it just needs confidence once you try it you will see how easy it really is 👍 thanks 🙏

[@blackydon]

@@nobby-green Your video has given me the confidence to try and keep trying. Cheers.🍻

[@nobby-green]

@@blackydon glad you found it useful 👍

[@zafer.karaca]

Yes, it is a very practical method, thank you.

[@nobby-green]

@@zafer.karaca thanks 🙏 glad you found it helpful

[@joseph-n8y]

Good explanation.but i will not dare to do it from my hand.thanks

[@nobby-green]

@@joseph-n8y it’s all about confidence 👍 thanks 🙏

[@frankinblackpool]

I catch my drone a different way. But all roads lead to Rome. I hover the drone about head high about a meter in front of me. I step forward towards the drone and grab it from below. Once I have the drone firmly in my grasp, then I press down on the left stick. The drone powers up for a second before shutting down. Happy days.

[@nobby-green]

@@frankinblackpool what ever works for you. Just be mindful that holding the drone can cause stress on the motors 👍

[@bobwhitewo3b]

Another good video Nobby. Again thank you for your time and for sharing.

[@nobby-green]

@@bobwhitewo3b thanks Bob 👍 and you’re welcome ☺️

[@chriscapune7873]

Timely. Was just this morning thinking about who has a good video for this. Great info as always!!! 😀👍🐝🍻

[@nobby-green]

@@chriscapune7873 you came to the right place then 😁 thanks 🙏

[@chriscapune7873]

Yes 😀👍

[@ACS4555]

thank you very much for the useful information. i am going to practice

[@nobby-green]

@@ACS4555 once you get the confidence and hang of it it’s really simple 👍

[@aaphotofilm]

Great video Nobby. My only question would be what about the home point. Would you need to set that before or after it takes of from your hand? I guess it detects the hike point if you got full GPS satellites right!

[@nobby-green]

@@aaphotofilm the home point will be recorded from your hand every time. Like you say as long as you have gps lock 👍 thanks 🙏

[@aaphotofilm]

@@nobby-green oh really. That's something new I learnt there. I never knew lol. Thanks for sharing that with us 😊

[@nobby-green]

@@aaphotofilm no problem 😉

[@aaphotofilm]

@@nobby-green your a legend 😊

[@nobby-green]

@@aaphotofilm thanks ☺️🤛

[@paulthomas3782]

Great advice Nobby thank you for taking the time to show us your landing technics Cheers.

[@nobby-green]

@@paulthomas3782 you’re welcome thanks Paul 🙏

[@Goshawk2323]

As always, great video with useful information! Thanks

[@nobby-green]

@@Goshawk2323 thanks John 👍

[@afleser]

Thanks mate! Very informative and practical.

[@nobby-green]

@@afleser glad you found it useful 👍 thanks 🙏

[@WeretheRoberts]

great tips as always, brother... some people are afraid of those props... I've been really lucky... lol

[@nobby-green]

@@WeretheRoberts that’s very surprising that Kevin’s dodged the props haha. Keep safe man 👍

[@WeretheRoberts]

@@nobby-greenhahaha. Wait till you see the next mini killer video. Dude I barely survived that one.

[@WeretheRoberts]

@@nobby-greenok I may be exaggerating. Lol

[@chandler_976jjgg]

thank you

[@nobby-green]

@@chandler_976jjgg you’re welcome thanks 🙏

[@liquid79]

Being the drone flies faster on sport mode. Would that mean it decelerates quicker?

[@nobby-green]

@@liquid79 if you mean descends quicker yes. But at that short distance I wouldn’t worry 👍

[@dandragon1st]

On mavic mini one i start propellers than holding dron as you show just slightly rise a hand upand when dron starts to rise i release fingers. As it seems like lifting drone up tells drone that it is rising and needs to put more juice into proppelers.

[@nobby-green]

@@dandragon1st yes indeed. On the mini 2 you could pull the drone down slightly and it would take off 👍 thanks

[@johnnymac26]

i always hand catch even my mavic 3 and phantom4 it has lovely big skids that act like handles lol but i never hand catch my autels they are a handful lol

[@nobby-green]

@@johnnymac26 was fun catching the phantoms like you say just grab the legs 👍

[@Leeroy67.]

luv your work nobby

[@nobby-green]

@@Leeroy67. thank you 🙏 means a lot 👍

[@nbrettoner]

Good informative important video Nobby, thankyou. 🤠

[@nobby-green]

@@nbrettoner thank you 🙏 and you’re welcome ☺️

[@REINER-ud2zw]

sehr GUT gemacht TOP

[@nobby-green]

@@REINER-ud2zw Danke 🙏

[@caponizer2023]

Cheers

[@nobby-green]

@@caponizer2023 thank you 🙏

[@pjotrekse]

Noob here, what do you do to make it turn off the props as soon as it is in your hand?

[@nobby-green]

@@pjotrekse just keep the left stick down until they stop 👍

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Before taking off, decide for how to take the drone down! Standing in high grass, 2-3 feet, dusty beach, ....hand catching is the good only option. Agree to all You say even if taking off from the flat hand with fingers supporting the drone has worked out well. Hand catching.... The Mavic 3 pro provides, in safety/advanced settings, down to the last, an option to turn off the downward sensors. But Your method is much less fiddly. I'll test it on the Mavic! For the little Mini 3 pro the behaviour is like You described, "don't want landing....". I'll try sports mode on the Mini 3 too. One tip more could be: Don't grab the drone until the props are turned off. Else if might power up a bit. Also..... Place the drone to hover at a convinient altitude and distance before starting the landing sequence. Taking off from the roof of the car is often used! But not landing due to the rails and the radio antenna. Best tip given for a long time, watching numerous channels!

[@nobby-green]

@@Stefan_Boerjesson thanks and yes some good alternatives. With turning off downward sensors means it will drop down very quickly. Thanks 🙏

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

@@nobby-green The Mavic way smashes the drone into what's down so it better be a soft hand. I suppose using Sports Mode makes it the same....

[@nobby-green]

@@Stefan_Boerjesson still lands smoothly in sports mode 👍

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

@@nobby-green It does? I'll be flying tomorrow....

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

@@nobby-green Mavic 3 pro... Out of 3 landings sports mode worked twice. The third time it danced away. Maybe I was too low when activating sports M....

[@happig1141]

Will it auto off once we get the drone in our hand?? How is that happening while you have the joy stick pressed downwards

[@nobby-green]

@@happig1141 yes it will. It’s designed to auto off once it lands 👍

[@happig1141]

@@nobby-green thanks a ton for the reply. You are a great teacher. 👨‍🏫

[@happig1141]

@@nobby-green Also I was just thinking like with Switching to sports mode. Can we also pause the drone using the pause button on RC 2 once it reaches head height and hold it without fear of hurting back ourself as in the case of hovering it down while in sports mode

[@nobby-green]

@@happig1141 You’re welcome ☺️

[@nobby-green]

@@happig1141 you can, but putting it in sports mode quick disables the sensors 👍

[@GoodMemoriesToRemeber]

great again

[@nobby-green]

@@GoodMemoriesToRemeber thank you 🙏

[@GoodMemoriesToRemeber]

@@nobby-green is the propeller on mini 3 same as mini 4 pro

[@nobby-green]

@@GoodMemoriesToRemeber yes they are the same 👍

[@dodgy56]

If you launch from your hand , can it still land itself with RTH successfully.

[@nobby-green]

@@dodgy56 yes no problem so long as it records the home point when taking off 👍

[@mavicairflyeruk]

i remember when i first hand caught my air2s sliced my finger open 😂

[@nobby-green]

@@mavicairflyeruk ouch! 😣 I caught mine some years ago but with this method it’s easy 👍

[@mavicairflyeruk]

@@nobby-green it is easier this method it was when I first started droning thanks for the sharing with us 👍

[@nobby-green]

@@mavicairflyeruk you’re welcome ☺️ thanks 🙏

[@kamikazekaos]

I just launched and land in any mode on my 4 fingers 😂

[@nobby-green]

@@kamikazekaos top man lol 😂

[@Piratepoilet]

It's not rocket science so they say, no it's not it's Drone Science 🙈🙉🙊

[@nobby-green]

@@Piratepoilet Indeed ☺️

[@kanohane]

Bro....been hand catching my drone for years...I didn't even know you weren't supposed to...

[@nobby-green]

@@kanohane nothing says you can’t 👍

[@glennalan]

👌👍

[@nobby-green]

@@glennalan thanks buddy 👍

[@dennislindqvist5461]

What in the world are trying to teach??? Never, ever, stick your fingers towards a drone with spinning propellers. One gust of wind and you got some serious cuts. SAFETY FIRTS. (Oh, boy :/ )

[@nobby-green]

@@dennislindqvist5461 I thought it was pretty obvious showing how to launch and catch without causing harm. 🤷‍♂️