Cheap Drone Helicopter Landing Pad

Why pay $25 for a drone/quad copter landing pad? This cost me $1.

Carpet, leftover paint, paper, scissors, razor blade

Find a carpet square at your local Dollar Store. Not too heavy, you want very low pile, light cheap carpet. The back should be paintable so if you have a selection, keep that in mind. Might depend on color of the sign you choose.

First I painted the entire thing black. Then added the stencil. The “H” is easy using masking tape. I don’t have pics but for the circle I used a manila file folder. Put a dot in the middle and using a ruler, marked out 4.5” from center point all around to get inner circle. Chose a larger diameter for outside circle. Cut. What you end up with is a perfect circle 1-1.5” wide. Used double stick tape to tape it to the back of carpet. (Again, we’re not painting the carpet side.)

Only black will show through when you pull off the tape and stencil.

You want to be able to fold this up right? Cut with razor blade leaving two 2” pieces in tact so it stays together. Fold. Done.