Necessary with Mavic

Baroudeur · Oct 22, 2016

This short legged Mavic need some accessory to protect lens and body from projections.
This drone pad is purfect for that, plus a custom design to test the Precise Landing and zero place in your transport bag.
It is not the plan of FlatHat Labs, they created a 32" one for Phantom or Mavic size drones, but less easy to transport in a tiny bag.

The Editor · Oct 22, 2016

Baroudeur said:
This short legged Mavic need some accessory to protect lens and body from projections.
This drone pad is purfect for that, plus a custom design to test the Precise Landing and zero place in your transport bag.

I thought you had to get advertisements approved before posting on the community?

Baroudeur · Oct 22, 2016

Oh, this is not an advertisement, just a test of accessory extracted from my blog, but if this is not correct, you can of course delete post. Just wanted to share with members.

The Editor · Oct 22, 2016

Baroudeur said:
Oh, this is not an advertisement, just a test of accessory extracted from my blog, but if this is not correct, you can of course delete post. Just wanted to share with members.

Ah, ok fair enough - it's crap anyway as it blows around all over the place.
Pretty useless - thanks for demonstrating how bad is.

Marque Glisson · Oct 22, 2016

I wonder if someone is gonna 3D print leg extensions like they did on the 3DR Solo

DefaultIT · Oct 22, 2016

If your sentence starts with "I wonder if" and contains the words "3D" and "Print" I think the answer is always "yes."

I wonder if someone will 3D print a burger that looks like a shoe...

Yes.

kmaluo · Oct 22, 2016

Marque Glisson said:
I wonder if someone is gonna 3D print leg extensions like they did on the 3DR Solo

The back motors don't have legs. They're designed to not have to touch the ground.

Mavic_Man504 · Oct 23, 2016

saw this on ebay for $19.99

Sent from my SM-G935V using MavicPilots mobile app

Cyberblitz · Oct 23, 2016

Baroudeur said:
This short legged Mavic need some accessory to protect lens and body from projections.
This drone pad is purfect for that, plus a custom design to test the Precise Landing and zero place in your transport bag.

Agree, pretty useless. Extends set up time considerably, needing to hammer in pegs each time and makes it more bulky to carry around with the pegs in the bag.

Be pretty good as a Frisbee though!

Marque Glisson · Oct 23, 2016

DefaultIT said:
If your sentence starts with "I wonder if" and contains the words "3D" and "Print" I think the answer is always "yes."

I wonder if someone will 3D print a burger that looks like a shoe...

Yes.

Grubbin

Ed Windham · Oct 23, 2016

I have been successful in finding places to fly from without having to resort to a takeoff/landing pad. The Mavic is small and a rock or just flattening down grass with your feet is sufficient. I don't like to take off from dirt as it will soil the VPS and possibly the lens of the camera.

hychewright · Oct 23, 2016

For my pad I use a 24 inch square piece of 1/2 inch plywood. Keep it in car trunk all the time. Only use it if an area has sand or dirt which is not very often. I sawed out a small place for a handle on one side. Works great if I ever need it.

F6Rider · Oct 24, 2016

If I need one I have a twist-N-fold car sunshade with a large 'H' in yellow duct tape on it. 3 small push-in tent stakes to hold it down although it is 36" across when unfolded, and very small when twisted up, it worked well with my P3 when needed.

BD0G · Oct 24, 2016

Ed Windham said:
I have been successful in finding places to fly from without having to resort to a takeoff/landing pad. The Mavic is small and a rock or just flattening down grass with your feet is sufficient. I don't like to take off from dirt as it will soil the VPS and possibly the lens of the camera.

Ed - Cant one just hand launch by tossing the Mavic Pro while throttling up? That is of course after placing it on the ground to determine home point and so forth. I want to do Lily style launches just by chucking the Mavic Pro with hard left left stick up (Mode 1 of course) .

msinger · Oct 24, 2016

BD0G said:
Cant one just hand launch by tossing the Mavic Pro while throttling up?

Why not just let it take off from your hand? If you toss it into the air, there's going to be a point of instability where it's readjusting itself. That could be dangerous if it flies back toward your face.

WolfgangStiller · Oct 24, 2016

What I have been using for years when I launch a drone in the mountains is a piece of cardboard (or when I really need to save weight and space in my pack, just some cloth that I hold down with rocks on the corners).

Baroudeur · Oct 24, 2016

I had all those ideas too, and used some with my P3A, but this thing is hmmm smart. Extremely ez to put into a bag.
What i want is to test the famous Precise Landing promised by DJI, it has 16" to prove it to me.

BD0G · Oct 24, 2016

msinger said:
Why not just let it take off from your hand? If you toss it into the air, there's going to be a point of instability where it's readjusting itself. That could be dangerous if it flies back toward your face.

I think I will actually do it that way as I want to keep my nose and current haircut.

The Editor · Oct 24, 2016

BD0G said:
Ed - Cant one just hand launch by tossing the Mavic Pro while throttling up? That is of course after placing it on the ground to determine home point and so forth. I want to do Lily style launches just by chucking the Mavic Pro with hard left left stick up (Mode 1 of course) .

That would give it full forward cyclic and no you cant just 'chuck it in the air' !