Hand Launch

[Wibble]

Well after having it happen to me and just reading another thread about a P3 flipping on takeoff when it is windy what about hand launching?

I always hand catch for landing - how safe is hand launch?

I think flipping over in your face would be rather dodgy but maybe hand launching is just as safe as hand landing? Does anyone do this???

 

[4wd]

Yes from time to time, usually because there's too much vegetation or a steep slope.
It needs to sit on the ground turned on to get home etc then you can pick it up and launch at arms length.
You absolutely need a neck strap - or perhaps have controller on a table or something.
It's considerably more risky than hand catching to land, and best avoided unless you really need to.

 

[Donezil]

I did it some times.. I made a job some weeks ago and the place was very magnetic.. P3 could launch from the ground and hand launch was the solution!

 

[Donezil]

I did it some times.. I made a job some weeks ago and the place was very magnetic.. P3 could launch from the ground and hand launch was the solution!

Actualy i asked somebody to hold the p3, raise it up above his head, and then i turned it on and launch...

 

[DJi Newbie]

How will the man holding it know when to let go?

 

[TonG]

How will the man holding it know when to let go?

When the P3 lifts the man from the ground!

 

[Wibble]

When the P3 lifts the man from the ground!

CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DJi Newbie]

Probably less classic when he let go before you tell and give himself a new hair cut/

 

[TonG]

[QUOTE=" before you tell[/QUOTE]

No... only the phantom can tell.

 

[AHill]

I tried single-handed hand launching a few times. It is much more risky than hand catching which I am fully comfortable doing. I hold transmitter in left hand with thumb on throttle (with neck lanyard) and Phantom firmly in right hand at arms length held as high as possible. I hold it firmly in case it tries to tip toward me. I give it some throttle and when I feel it pulling up and not trying to go toward me, I release it. I am not comfortable with this method because my right hand is not on control if bird starts to go sideways but I have done it successfully several times. I would like to find a better method than this because I want to be able to hand launch from a sailboat and if bird went sideways it would hit rigging with disastrous results. If one person was holding bird and another person operating the transmitter I think the risk would be more acceptable. If anyone has a better method for single-handed hand launching I would love to hear it.

 

[happydays]

It's not really hard to do.