Just in case you've always wanted to hand catch your Typhoon H but were a bit unsure of the process, here is a video.
hi Captain,
I have found your videos to be well done and very informative, I must commend you on this one as well. Very well done with the following exception(s).
You mention several instances where hand-catching is necessary. I do not have time to review the video so will rely on a shaky memory:
- Uneven landing zone
- Spectators, animals
- Toilet bowl
- Flying from a moving vehicle (automobile, watercraft, et al)
You then proceed to show how to catch a drone in a pristine environment, not even close to approximating the last two situations, let alone the distractions of said spectators and/or animals. I do not have an answer for herding the animals away from a desired landing zone. But I do think we short change ourselves by thinking we cannot ask, and get compliance, from anyone walking up to see what we are doing. It is incumbent upon a pilot to have contingency plans for such situations, as in alternate landing zones, am I right? (I am not debating the mountain climbers here, or anything related.)
Flying from a moving vehicle, aside from certain restrictions about the practice, also does not lend itself to complete and predictable control as to "catching" a returning drone.
Now the toilet bowl. If anyone has seen an actual toilet bowl effect, whether violently rotating itself around a virtual center point, or simply drifting in an ever increasing oval pattern close to the ground, the LAST thing anyone should think of doing is trying to catch the bloody thing while it is flying in said pattern! The result could often be the pun intended. I am of the opinion, and doubt I am alone, is to try to follow the recovery techniques previously discussed in these pages (gain altitude and try landing again, for instance) otherwise "let the craft crash". Trying to save it and risk injury is not something many would recommend.
So I submit that while your video accomplished what it set out to do, it did not address the adverse conditions you listed at the top of your video. If anything, I would suggest editing your list of reasons for hand catching, and simply state something like: "if ever the need arises and one feels a hand catch is a must, being prepared as to the mechanics of it are very important."
Thanks again for all the efforts you put into your videos. Keep it up! I also trust you welcome suggestions and comments, if kept civil, and thus will appreciate the above as well.
Jeff