Hoodman 8ft Drone Launch Pad

Open any drone UAV magazine and chances are pretty high you will see pictures of an orange Hoodman landing pad in use by commercial drone pilots featured in the articles. Hoodman is the originator of rugged, weighted perimeter drone landing pads that do not require stakes to keep them in place.

The perfect landing / launch pad

The Hoodman Landing / Launch Pad makes sure your camera and gimbal remain clean throughout takeoff dirty, dusty, sandy launch areas are notorious for propwash pulverizing camera lenses and gimbals with anything that is loose in the take off or landing zone. Tall grass and pebble prop strikes can be eliminated by deploying the Hoodman landing pad. For safetys sake, you clearly mark your drone ground operation site so people standing by are clear that your drone is taking off and landing on the bright orange pad. Manned aircraft above receive the visual que that you are flying a drone in the area when they see your pad.

Quick and easy set up

Set up is easy. The spring-loaded pad pops open when you take it out of its convenient carry bag. The handy compose rose printed around the pad is next pointed to the North so that should you lose your bearings while in flight, a quick look at the launch pad will bring you back to compass situational awareness.

Ergonomic

The pad folds up into 3 concentric circles and becomes 33% of its deployed size. The carry bag with shoulder strap make stowing and transporting the pad easy. The pads rustproof components make clean up easy with a wet towel. An investment in a Hoodman Landing pad just makes good sense. If you are flying at night.