Had a fun time with this drone, it's much easier to pack on my back than my Phantom 4 with 3 batteries, especially up a 1500' elevation gain in the mountains, on solid ice trails.

Here is Waterfall Canyon, Ogden Utah.

Most of you probably auto land on the ground, where I will try to catch by hand any time that I can. My launches and landings are usually on mountainous terrain, rarely a parking lot.  

So when I catch by hand, the sensors go crazy making it difficult. I'm holding down the throttle and once I catch it, I've gotta hold on tight so it won't fly back up again. There must be a smoother way to catch by hand, I'm sure I'll figure it out but feel free to drop your suggestions.

Also for this kind of shot, I will be learning how to disable the 120m or 400' altitude limit, as I'm often flying up hills. I'll give it a try today.

You can turn the sensors off prior to hand catching. That's what I do if the environment permits such.

Great shot !!  I think you should do the same shot in summer again

JodyB Posted at 2-5 12:47
You can turn the sensors off prior to hand catching. That's what I do if the environment permits such.

Thanks for the suggestion

justin_mcvideo, WOW, how many people can say they stood on a waterfall.  Nice photo, thanks for sharing.

justin_mcvideo Posted at 2-5 12:39
Most of you probably auto land on the ground, where I will try to catch by hand any time that I can. My launches and landings are usually on mountainous terrain, rarely a parking lot.  

So when I catch by hand, the sensors go crazy making it difficult. I'm holding down the throttle and once I catch it, I've gotta hold on tight so it won't fly back up again. There must be a smoother way to catch by hand, I'm sure I'll figure it out but feel free to drop your suggestions.

I always hand launch and land and I have never had the aircraft fight me once caught. I think the secret is to not move the aircraft once caught until the motors turn off. I have never tried moving it once in my grasp, but I would assume it would fight you to maintain position.

justin_mcvideo Posted at 2-5 12:39
Most of you probably auto land on the ground, where I will try to catch by hand any time that I can. My launches and landings are usually on mountainous terrain, rarely a parking lot.  

So when I catch by hand, the sensors go crazy making it difficult. I'm holding down the throttle and once I catch it, I've gotta hold on tight so it won't fly back up again. There must be a smoother way to catch by hand, I'm sure I'll figure it out but feel free to drop your suggestions.

Put the drone above your hand, point the camera down so you can see that the hand is exactly under drone.
Push the stick Down and keep it in order to start landing auto procedure.
The drone will land perfectly in your still hand...wait until rotor stops. And...that is it.

This is what i always do, no injuries ever, no forced rotor stops (never use Grab and flip or you will get IMU errors after short time)....
Will keep the drone off from dirt and sand.

Nicely done.    

Wow, spectacular footage.  

justin_mcvideo Posted at 2-5 12:39
Most of you probably auto land on the ground, where I will try to catch by hand any time that I can. My launches and landings are usually on mountainous terrain, rarely a parking lot.  

So when I catch by hand, the sensors go crazy making it difficult. I'm holding down the throttle and once I catch it, I've gotta hold on tight so it won't fly back up again. There must be a smoother way to catch by hand, I'm sure I'll figure it out but feel free to drop your suggestions.

I turn the machine 90 degrees and call it that! His side is facing me.It works great!

Super shot!

Nice shot!  You can switch to Sport Mode on the Controller to quickly hand catch without sensors. When catching with sensors on, I walk behind it, put my open hand underneath, hold left stick down until it gets close to my hand so i can grab it and wait for the motors to stop.  Hope you find a smoother method.     Happy flying!

Thanks everybody, I might as well add these shots from the same location and time

Hello there justin_mcvideo. Thank you for reaching out and for posting this amazing videos you have filmed. Great work and keep on flying. .

Nice shots!

Very cool shot...pardon the pun.

KDP + Posted at 2-5 12:53
Great shot !!  I think you should do the same shot in summer again

Oh, yes agreed.  That would be awesome.

KDP + Posted at 2-5 12:53
Great shot !!  I think you should do the same shot in summer again

Thanks, I've got a few summer shots of this waterfall, although not exactly the same angle, this time with ziplines.

On another note, it looks like ABC has shared one of these videos, and Good Morning America aired it on TV this morning.

https://fb.watch/3xosUVCaYQ/

justin_mcvideo Posted at 2-6 22:22
Thanks everybody, I might as well add these shots from the same location and time

https://youtu.be/xr8gVO2saWA

More good stuff.

That is very cool looking photography. Well Done

justin_mcvideo Posted at 2-8 13:05
Thanks, I've got a few summer shots of this waterfall, although not exactly the same angle, this time with ziplines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-dgDykN6sk

Funny afternoon eh ?