Hey All,

Just thought I'd share my new take-off and landing platform for my birds.

Folding table with adjustable height and handle. - $30.00
Styrofoam SM (1" thick) - used as base for LED lights and wiring - $10.00
LED light kit with RF remote control and 12V batter pack (8 AA size batteries - 15hrs continuous use) - $75.00
Light kit has many (20+) preset RGB light programs (not programmable)
Polycarbonate sheet (19" square) - (48" x 24" sheet - $60.00)
Graphic - designed by me - printed by professional - (3 pcs - $150.00 - printing only) - (Design work - 20hrs)
Manufacturing / Building - 40hrs work (soldering all wires, mounting all lights, mounting pad to table)
LED light kit on Phantom - $30.00

Not bad for my first attempt.

The reason for all the lights (might be a few too many) - because I could.  lol
Enjoy.

For a short video of the pad you can see it here - https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153103331174627&ref=notif¬if_t=video_processed

pad - no lights

pad - w lights

pad - w lights top

pretty cool

That's Cool!!! Hopefully you don't freak out your neighbors out!!! lol

TheRann4u Posted at 2015-3-24 06:19
That's Cool!!! Hopefully you don't freak out your neighbors out!!! lol

Yes,
Definitely cool!
I want one....

Northofthe49th Posted at 2015-3-24 06:22
Yes,
Definitely cool!
I want one....

A possibility there, depending on what you want

richard.parsons Posted at 2015-3-24 06:33
A possibility there, depending on what you want

First I want to see those LED's on your Phantom lit up!

Northofthe49th Posted at 2015-3-24 06:47
First I want to see those LED's on your Phantom lit up!

OK, here you go.

richard.parsons Posted at 2015-3-24 06:58
OK, here you go.

I hate you!:@ JK!  and I love your Phantom
I did some simple math on that landing pad...that would cost more than my Phantom....But I love it!
Which end of Canada are you at? eh!

And I can say that as I live in B.C...Lower Mainland..

Northofthe49th Posted at 2015-3-24 07:05
I hate you! JK!  and I love your Phantom
I did some simple math on that landing pad.. ...

Yeah, it cost a bit, but needed something for it, and the pad is attached to the table, so becomes flight control area.  I figure, time and everything, that the pad cost about $300.00. (The pricing for the lights above is incorrect, complete LED kit cost for pad only - $75.00, the LED lights on the phantom were about $30.00.

A little pet project for myself.

Am in  Northern Ontario, an hour north east of Timmins

richard.parsons Posted at 2015-3-24 06:58
OK, here you go.

I can visualize little mirror balls hanging below each motor. Cool!

What would be really cool is if the lights on the landing pad, after take off, mirrored the lights on the Phantom for early warning of system status if not in sight.

I'd have to agree that would be neat, going to have to incorporate a mini computer to help with that one.  That would probably put the price somewhere near the $1000 mark for a landing pad.  lol

Axeman Posted at 2015-3-24 11:53
You gotta video shooting a night time ILS approach for us to drool over.
Axe

I hope the smurfs won't start landing there.  

Axeman Posted at 2015-3-24 11:53
You gotta video shooting a night time ILS approach for us to drool over.
Axe

I'll have to shoot one of those as soon as weather is nice, that would be a cool video.
Better brush up on landing smoothly, lol

Cheers

Axeman Posted at 2015-3-24 11:53
You gotta video shooting a night time ILS approach for us to drool over.
Axe

Well here you go, a night time one, not the ILS you were hoping for but it was -15C outside when I did this so it's short.

You have to visit the link and there is a second one with the pic in pic reversed, you should be able to "next" or "previous" to view it.

Cheers

https://www.facebook.com/video.p ... f_t=video_processed

Axeman Posted at 2015-3-25 12:13
Richard that is about the coolest quad accessory that I've seen. You put it over the left field li ...

thanks, I enjoyed making it.

The LED lights on the quad came from http://www.quadcopterlightkit.co ... -ufo-light-kit/cigc

I think they work great.

The LED kit for the landing pad came from http://ledmontreal.com/en/rgb-led-strip-kits/

Cheers

Oh, I didn't use the 9Volt battery that came with the quad light, I soldered the connections straight to the power feeds inside the bird.

richard.parsons Posted at 2015-3-24 06:58
OK, here you go.

Looks like this 'hobby' has become an 'obsession' - love it.

Dosent the voltage/amp/current etc of the landing interfere with the compass setting on the quad?

No, not at all, very low voltage (same as quad - 12V) and amperage isn't even 1amp. Nothing to worry about.
The landing pad is battery operated with a battery pack of 8 AA batteries

Axeman Posted at 2015-3-25 13:42
I need LEDs and a glide slope indicator but sometimes I can put her on the numbers.
Thanks foe shari ...

Hey Axe

Hasn't got the mirrors yet but like yours it comes in handy to carry all the equipment!!

Yug

Pretty cool. You spent a lot of time doing it right

Larry L Posted at 2015-4-27 22:15
Pretty cool. You spent a lot of time doing it right

Hello Larry

Yes I had to take 10 loaves of bread out of it and turn it upside down!!

Yug

i want a quadcopter sticker for the top of my pickup truck.