Just got my P3 Pro.
Charged up the battery and controller.
Update the firmware and install the 4 props.
Now I just wanted to see if it would fire up.
I'm indoors so I did not want to fly it just yet but I wanted to see the motors run.
So I set it up on my kitchen counter and with one hand holding the drone down I fire it up.
Pretty cool all 4 props are running fine,great it works I'm happy. Okay now I go to turn it off.
Were is the off switch! I panic and reach for the battery to pull it out. OUCH! Big Mistake.

Bonding with my P3

I now have prop guards on my P3 and know the correct way to turn off the motors.
Talk about learning the hard way.

Sorry, but RTFM before turn on that Machine :@

m.friedl@a1.net Posted at 2015-8-9 07:05
Sorry, but RTFM before turn on that Machine

OK I am a newbie to the drone world. What is RTFM?

Not the kind of gadget you want to just try and figure it out without reading the manual first like you do with your DVR or alarm clock. The manual will leave enough unanswered questions much less without not even reading it. I'm glad you still have all your fingers in operation (just guessing because you typed in a post?)

EL SID Posted at 2015-8-9 07:07
OK I am a newbie to the drone world. What is RTFM?

Read the f***ing manual

coherent Posted at 2015-8-9 07:09
Not the kind of gadget you want to just try and figure it out without reading the manual first like  ...

I agree. I'm the type of guy who just dives in or reads only the quick start instructions.
This MO did not work well in this case. I posted this as a warning to others like me to do
as you advise. READ the instructions first. This is not a toy. I have a new respect for this drone now.
Just had my first flight and I keep it in beginner mode. Nice flight,great drone.

But but but, Mythbusters said these 'smaller' UAVs couldn't draw blood.

coherent Posted at 2015-8-9 07:13
Read the f***ing manual

Yep,never to old to learn another word RTFM,got it.

Trilithon Posted at 2015-8-9 07:20
But but but, Mythbusters said these 'smaller' UAVs couldn't draw blood.

There was much Blood!

good thing you didn't have carbon fiber props on.  OUCH!

dlongcamp@aol.c Posted at 2015-8-9 09:26
good thing you didn't have carbon fiber props on.  OUCH!

no doubt, would have been hamburger!  geeezz!

Ouch...nasty way to learn...sorry man! It's the kind of thing you do once and probably will never do again. Speedy recovery and fun flying in the future

Trilithon Posted at 2015-8-9 07:20
But but but, Mythbusters said these 'smaller' UAVs couldn't draw blood.

Actually they said it wouldn't sever a head or limbs.  They also didn't test the P3, some smaller models and the octopus looking one that was homemade by their production crew.  But I digress, I'm glad you're OK and lesson learned for all of us.  

(I wonder what Jamie would do to "modify" a P3 though!?!!)

I remember the day I had just got my Phantom and fired it up......

I had the props OFF

I'm stupid in that I will obsess on RTFM....like 20 times.   I didnt fly the stupid thing until about a month after I got it.To this day I STILL take print outs of the manual with me to the John and read the stuff again.   Sheesh!

On the other hand, I've lost no blood and all my flights so far have been successful .

Good luck with yours.

Thats four stitches, reminds me of putting my finger in front of the running propeller of my first ever model aircraft and it was a nitro powered airplane, i almost lost my finger and had to be rushed to the hospital to save it. But to this day i never have any guards at all on anything, If it spins stay away from it

Here I am today during my 1st P3 flight.
I'm the one with the prop guards on.

I have seen people reach thru a prop on a nitro engine to adjust the needle, some of these guys had been flying since forever.

Trilithon Posted at 2015-8-9 11:47
I have seen people reach thru a prop on a nitro engine to adjust the needle, some of these guys had  ...

LOL thats exactly what happened to me..... It still hurts to remember it.

Willie Wonka Posted at 2015-8-9 12:28
LOL thats exactly what happened to me..... It still hurts to remember it.

Nitro in the cuts stings as well

Not like rock salt in a 12ga... ;-)

A Little birdie told me. Hahaha

RedHotPoker

OUCH!!!
And I thought my first experience was bad.
I wanted to see how things worked before taking it out into the real world. Fired her up on my desk top and immediately plastered it to the ceiling.
The wife was not impressed.

fair play coming to share the experience, if anything it will serve as a warning to others. Happy ( and safe ) flying  

sploodge Posted at 2015-8-9 17:44
fair play coming to share the experience, if anything it will serve as a warning to others. Happy (  ...

My thoughts exactly. He made a painfull mistake, but I doubt many people would take pictures and share it with others.

Note to self: Spinning props = not your friend.

Crash Test Dumm Posted at 2015-8-9 17:32
OUCH!!!
And I thought my first experience was bad.
I wanted to see how things worked before taking i ...

Not only was my wife note impressed,she was pissed off. I made a mess in the kitchen.

young.selina@ro Posted at 2015-8-9 23:02
There have been cases of nasty cuts gained from the P3 with the prop-guards ON - so don't become com ...

Yes having the prop guards on is just a layer of protection in my now much more awareness of prop safety.

please, dont´t get carbon fiber props before you read the manual

@EL SID,

I can see you ignore again the small Manual for Propguards too !!!

There comes a small Rope with the Propguards - Why are they good for ? What do you think?

@All Others,

Watch out his Fotos with mounted Propguards

Greetings Mike

EL SID Posted at 2015-8-9 07:21
Yep,never to old to learn another word RTFM,got it.

Years ago it meant " Read The Faq Manual" .. Times sure have changed...lol

Ha - glad you are okay.

Looking back at your original post, I see prop guards would have done you no good at all since they guard the outer periphery only -- grabbing the battery would have gotten the same results. I think the neighbors would have heard ME curse a blue streak!

PS: I use detachable prop guards just about all the time, HeHe. Nobody plans an accident, aye?

I don't think you need prop guards AFTER it happened, do you?

m.friedl@a1.net Posted at 2015-8-10 05:01
@EL SID,

I can see you ignore again the small Manual for Propguards too !!!

OK Mike,

I think I'm ready go to fly now.

Flight Protection

m.friedl@a1.net Posted at 2015-8-10 05:01
@EL SID,

I can see you ignore again the small Manual for Propguards too !!!

by tying the lines between each pair of adjacent prop guards it makes a barrier, supposedly to keep quads from getting wrapped around a tree or someones leg or whatever you hopefully don't hit.

@EL SID,

Well Done Man

Bye the Way, keep Distance !

Hope that helps

greetings - Mike