Yes and no. What you describe is a work-around for mediocre piloting skills.
What you need to do is to learn to actually fly the Phantom FROM the ground (at takeoff) and TO the ground and beyond for the landing. You should be making stick corrections at ALL TIMES till motor shut off. Unless the ground you are landing on is extraordinarily uneven, you ought to be able to have it settle in without tipping over every time. By continually making the correct stick input even after the landing gear touch down you will have NO issues with tip-over. Honestly, it just takes a bit of practice. It's skills like that that distinguish a good pilot from a poor one.
If you want to become an excellent pilot w/o banging up your Phantom, spend $35.00 for a Syma X-1 (micro quad) or similar indoor quad of your choice and fly it around your garage or basement a couple of times every day. Since it is a "manual only" copter, it demands your full attention when flying every second. It FORCES you to be a good pilot - or crash. There is no in between. It is the best quad training in the whole world. (Spoiler alert- the Syma is just about indestructible). In any event, your Phantom flying skills will be infinitely improved by practicing on a manual only bird!
As an added bonus, the Syma is friggin incredibly FUN to fly!!
PF
What you need to do is to learn to actually fly the Phantom FROM the ground (at takeoff) and TO the ground and beyond for the landing. You should be making stick corrections at ALL TIMES till motor shut off. Unless the ground you are landing on is extraordinarily uneven, you ought to be able to have it settle in without tipping over every time. By continually making the correct stick input even after the landing gear touch down you will have NO issues with tip-over. Honestly, it just takes a bit of practice. It's skills like that that distinguish a good pilot from a poor one.
If you want to become an excellent pilot w/o banging up your Phantom, spend $35.00 for a Syma X-1 (micro quad) or similar indoor quad of your choice and fly it around your garage or basement a couple of times every day. Since it is a "manual only" copter, it demands your full attention when flying every second. It FORCES you to be a good pilot - or crash. There is no in between. It is the best quad training in the whole world. (Spoiler alert- the Syma is just about indestructible). In any event, your Phantom flying skills will be infinitely improved by practicing on a manual only bird!
As an added bonus, the Syma is friggin incredibly FUN to fly!!
PF