Homemade landing pads.

[putz]

So I had a little down time at work the other day and decided to design a couple of pads on the CNC. What do you think? The red one is 32" x 32" and is left in my back yard as a home landing spot. The yellow is a 24" circle and stays in my trunk for traveling flights. Both are made of 3/4" HDPE, so not the lightest but they definitely stay put on windy days.

 

[putz]

So I had a little down time at work the other day and decided to design a couple of pads on the CNC. What do you think? The red one is 32" x 32" and is left in my back yard as a home landing spot. The yellow is a 24" circle and stays in my trunk for traveling flights. Both are made of 3/4" HDPE, so not the lightest but they definitely stay put on windy days.

Probably should have added the pics right?

 

[dirkclod]

Right

 

[Bigbird48]

I did pretty much the same thing but I split mine in half added hinges so it folds and slides nicely be hind my back seat, made fron 1/4" plywood.

 

[Lon Denard]

I worked on one myself. I'm thinking of making modifications.

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[Lon Denard]

I did pretty much the same thing but I split mine in half added hinges so it folds and slides nicely be hind my back seat, made fron 1/4" plywood.

Me too, except I used lexan.

 

[putz]

I did pretty much the same thing but I split mine in half added hinges so it folds and slides nicely be hind my back seat, made fron 1/4" plywood.

Hinges are the 2.0 model coming soon. Semper Fi

 

[Porky]

Probably should have added the pics right? View attachment 53621

Do like the red pad, nice job.

 

[Gecko10]

I use a heavy, rubberized door mat. Nothing fancy, but very effective and doesn't have to be staked down. Rolls up for storage/travel

 

[Tridiver]

Probably should have added the pics right? View attachment 53621

Make it out of 1/8th inch and let me know how much!! Serious, I hate the light ones flying all over the place. I'll send the money to do it. Bolton

 

[Bobby Brown]

Way cool my friend !

 

[Lady Rover]

Nothing against you, but why would one want to use a landing pad????
My MA has some short leg extensions, but normally I just catch it....

 

[Tridiver]

I hand catch too, I like them for take offs, so it can initialize, gimbals free, I can do the get ready etc. So we'll call them takeoff pads....

 

[Drone_guy]

Nothing against you, but why would one want to use a landing pad????
My MA has some short leg extensions, but normally I just catch it....

The landing pad helps with precision landing. The drone takes a picture of where it took off and then compares that picture to what it sees when it returns to find the landing spot. So it's best to have a high contrast landing pad for the drone to see and recognize.

 

[putz]

I always hand launch and catch my spark when I fly it. I just felt like doing precision takeoffs from a pad was easier when flying the MP.

 

[putz]

Make it out of 1/8th inch and let me know how much!! Serious, I hate the light ones flying all over the place. I'll send the money to do it. Bolton

I will see what I can do with thinner material. I also have a couple ideas with interlocking sections or hinges. I fully planned on selling these once I get them perfected. Right now the 3/4" red/white pad weighs about 25 pounds. So it lays in the back yard always.

 

[Porky]

I use a standard landing pad which works fine for me. I’ve never hand caught any of my drones, well how can you hand catch an Inspire...lol

Photo below of my Mavic landing at dusk, oh I love the landing light

 

[Vegasdad]

I use a standard landing pad which works fine for me. I’ve never hand caught any of my drones, well how can you hand catch an Inspire...lol

Photo below of my Mavic landing at dusk, oh I love the landing lightView attachment 53689

I think it was Ken Harmon who has a video of him hand catching his.

 

[theDRONEranger]

They are nice, good job!

 

[Jalatta]

My MA came with a landing pad, I haven't used it but I'm curious. Does this aid in landing, or perhaps I should ask, how often does a drone hit the pad?