Hand launching and catching is useful when you need to take off and land in an area with a lot of dirt, sand, grass or dust. When taking off from or landing on the ground, the drone's motors can blow this debris around. Over time, this can end up fouling the motors and causing damage to the drone.   

While catching the drone, pull down the left controller stick (throttle stick)  to shut off motors.

Refer to https://www.letusdrone.com/best-practices-for-hand-launching-and-catching-a-drone/

Very nicely done

Some people flip the drone over to stop the props too.

DAFlys Posted at 7-23 01:03
Some people flip the drone over to stop the props too.

That is how I always disarmed the Spark

A J Posted at 7-26 09:12
That is how I always disarmed the Spark

Nice! Thank you!

I value my fingers too much

Blériot53 Posted at 5-2 14:10
I value my fingers too much

Also you may use a landing pad, especially for landing/take off at the beach.   

mavic3tw Posted at 5-2 16:23
Also you may use a landing pad, especially for landing/take off at the beach.   [view_image]

The ideal solution.