A while back, being bored, since I was more or less stuck around the house due to the covid quarintine, I decided to round up some stuff I had laying around and attempt to put together a landing pad to use with my Mavic 2.  

I used some 1/2" blondewood plywood (this is pretty light stuff), some hinges and some really old paint I had stored away.  This is what I came up with.


The overall size is 22-1/4" x 22".  I didn't have enough scraps of the plywood to make it one piece so I decided that I would make it fold a bit.  The center piece ended up being 11-1/4" x 22 and the two end pieces are each 5-1/2" x 22". I do include a measured drawing below if for any reason someone may wish to build something like this.  If you do wish to try this project just make sure to make the center piece wide enough to allow the two ends pieces to fold flat.

I used 3 small hinges on each of the side pieces as shown below.  I didn't finish the back as carefully as I did the front.



Below is a shot of it folded up.



And finally a shot of the landing pad holding my Mavic 2 Pro.  It is not too heavy and weighs in at 3 1/2 lbs, but at the same time I don't think the Mavic or the wind will be blowing it away and I don't need to stake it down.  Again, the paint I used was just some I had used years ago for a different project and it is just an eggshell finish latex paint.  I actually had to thin it a bit with some water as it was starting to get a bit thick.



Here is the measured drawing.


THANKS! for looking at my goofy project!

This is very nice! I could see myself using that at home. The weight would help with prop wash.

Looks nice.
Good DIY work.

I have one of these soft foldable landing pads, but never use them.

Vlas Posted at 5-26 01:57
This is very nice! I could see myself using that at home. The weight would help with prop wash.

Thank you!  Yeah, the props are not going to blow that away :>)

Montfrooij Posted at 5-26 03:55
Looks nice.
Good DIY work.

Thank you!

Yes, I tried one of those, but they are just not heavy enough to push down the tall grass which is everywhere where I live at.

Very cool project. Thanks for sharing.

MainByte Posted at 5-26 06:36
Thank you!

Yes, I tried one of those, but they are just not heavy enough to push down the tall grass which is everywhere where I live at.

True.
Same here.
Waste of money actually.
But I decided not to care too much about it.

Nicely done.    

MainByte Posted at 5-26 06:34
Thank you!  Yeah, the props are not going to blow that away :>)

Very welcome.

Very nicely done

Bored, board, see what you did there !

That is really well made and a great idea, I’m sure there would be a market for those. Get to the patent office quick

Great idea, I had something similar in mind.

David, above, had a great idea! Patent it and start selling them! I'd send you a check for one :-)
Nice work! Well done!

how's it holding up?

That turned out nice!  I like the ability to fold.