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Umbrella Corp Launch Pad by robertwallace
by Thingiverse
Last crawled date: 4 years, 8 months ago
Need a level place to launch your quad? Something easy to distinguish from the background noise? I have just what you need.
This is a launchpad designed from the Umbrella Corp logo. It is 400mm from point to point (I'm also working on a 300mm version.) It has a bubble level in the center and incorporates chopsticks (or the printed equivalent, included here) for legs. You adjust it to level by pushing the legs into the ground. Simple.
If you know about Resident Evil, you know the corporate logo of the Umbrella Corporation. If you've seen the half-dozen movies, you know there are several different representations of that logo. Some are completely round, some are octagonal, and some have scalloped sections - and that scallop-edged version was the one I chose to use in my design.
This is not as portable as the fold-up version I originally wanted to make and it's probably a bit over-engineered, but if you're currently carrying around a scrap of plywood to launch from, it may be easier to use. If your quad uses a down-pointing camera for landing, this should be easy for it to distinguish from dirt or whatever. Maybe you will even have better luck landing on the platform - something I've yet to master with my quad.
This is a launchpad designed from the Umbrella Corp logo. It is 400mm from point to point (I'm also working on a 300mm version.) It has a bubble level in the center and incorporates chopsticks (or the printed equivalent, included here) for legs. You adjust it to level by pushing the legs into the ground. Simple.
If you know about Resident Evil, you know the corporate logo of the Umbrella Corporation. If you've seen the half-dozen movies, you know there are several different representations of that logo. Some are completely round, some are octagonal, and some have scalloped sections - and that scallop-edged version was the one I chose to use in my design.
This is not as portable as the fold-up version I originally wanted to make and it's probably a bit over-engineered, but if you're currently carrying around a scrap of plywood to launch from, it may be easier to use. If your quad uses a down-pointing camera for landing, this should be easy for it to distinguish from dirt or whatever. Maybe you will even have better luck landing on the platform - something I've yet to master with my quad.