Landing pads

[Doug Anderson]

Mine is 2 sections of 1/4 inch ply forming a two foot square. The brass hinge is mounted on the back with brass nuts and bolts. It’s light and portable. Don’t have to stake it down.

 

[Craig L. Johnson - USMC]

I am still working on mine

 

[Doug Anderson]

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Mine is 2 sections of 1/4 inch ply forming a two foot square. The brass hinge is mounted on the back with brass nuts and bolts. It’s light and portable. Don’t have to stake it down.

Here’s the back side along with the portable I keep in the case when hiking afar.

 

[Craig L. Johnson - USMC]

nice.

 

[John Githens]

For a couple of years and many jobs with 5 solos I have always used a 6'x6' ("Small") mat by CGEAR.
Here is a link to the listing on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/CGear-Sand-Free-Multimat-BS003-10-10-Feet/dp/B003NAZ1FI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536286060&sr=8-1&keywords=cgear+mat&th=1&psc=1.
I picked orange for the color on one side (the other side of the mat I have is a light tan color). Helps with peripheral vision when you are in a GPS hole or there is strong wind and you need to nudge the Solo to land where you want it to land. (BTW, I always rotate the Solo before landing to face away from me, like it does when I launch. Helps to remove one kind of operator error.)
Sometimes I walk on the mat to tamp down grasses underneath.
I installed short leg extenders to raise up the gimbal (short enough to allow the Solo to fit in the backpack without carving foam).
When you think about what can happen if any grit, particularly ferrous grit, gets into any motor... the result can be painful and expensive. You never know what is on the ground or in the air that might be attracted to the motor magnets whether the motors are spinning or not. I once had a motor "find" a metal particle while on my workbench. I was fortunate to discover the problem by spinning the motors by hand.
It is not fun to watch a potentially lethal Solo (4.2+ Pounds) drop straight down. Think about that when you send it anywhere that a motor or ESC failure might happen.
The Small version of the mat folds up easily, can be hosed off, and doesn't weigh a lot. You might use it for purposes other than a launch/land pad.