Ouch! I have just remembered - I have a steel - reinforced wax carvers glove designed to protect against a slipped scalpel - I might just try that! 
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Thatās what I did/always do.
Wind caught it and it dropped and I āheardā the props hit something.
Oh, itās my fingerā¦
I always make sure the front is pointing away from me, launch it and as I launch take a big step back so there is plenty of distance between me and the drone until it settles. I always have lost fingers in the back of my mindā¦ 
Good tip thanks!
So I have found the answer to those nasty sharp prop bladesā¦ I was sorting out my workshop and I came across my mould cutters glove. I cut moulds open with a surgeons scalpel. Horrendously sharp and a slip can be a painful disaster so I used to use a glove made of fabric which is a weave of cotton and stainless steel. Itās tough enough to stop a scalpel so I thought a plastic prop stands no chance so I donned the glove and practiced hand launching and catching the drone until I was getting it right every time. I still have all my fingers and the drone still has all its blades! result!!!
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What colours do you guys use. I was thinking a red/green combo but most of my flying will be in daylight so would a single white strobe be better. Also as this thread is āmatureā what is the preference for rear v downwards?
If you attach it to the rear youāll only be able to see it with the drone facing in one direction (ie. away from you). Pointing it downwards will give you far greater visibility angles.
Iād always go for white, itās the brightest of all the colours available 
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Isnāt there a pending rule update that a drone has to have a green light at night?
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