In this video, you can see that as soon as I hand launch the Avata, the altitude in the goggles starts increasing while the drone is actually descending. The drone is completely out of control right at launch. What is going on? It eventually recovers, but this same problem caused a crash before.
Anyone seen something like this before?

Personally I would not hand launch the Avata at all.

Did you pull the trigger enough? Seems completely harmless, not enough "juice" to climb.

SeehawerB Posted at 4-15 12:04
Personally I would not hand launch the Avata at all.

Did you pull the trigger enough? Seems completely harmless, not enough "juice" to climb.

Yes it was harmless this time and it recovered, but other times it's been out of control for much longer and I ended up crashing (no video unfortunately). I *really* had to pull the trigger to keep from sinking - normally never have to do that.
Why would you never hand launch the Avata?

Hi, I keep hearing bad stories about hand launching...

Could It be also that the Avata typically rises to a 1.5m waiting position after you press and hold the Lock button.
This is from when it launches from the ground.
Also, which controller are you using?

Mini-G Posted at 4-15 19:57
Hi, I keep hearing bad stories about hand launching...

Could It be also that the Avata typically rises to a 1.5m waiting position after you press and hold the Lock button.

Hand launching an Avata, you hold it from the top, unlike the other DJI drones you hand launch from the bottom. Wonder if that's an issue? Or am I doing it wrong - should I be hand launching by holding it from below?

I'm using the Motion Controller 2. How would the controller be an issue?

Hmm not sure then.
Maybe you be it would be a good idea to do a calibration?

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