Launch and landing pad for drones

A transportable launch and landing pad for drones, said pad comprising:

• a flexible base for supporting a drone on a ground surface, said base having a perimeter;
• and
• an endless frame member joined to the perimeter of said base;
• said base having a surface area that has a width that is greater than any linear distance across an area of downwardly moving air of the drone when operated;
• said endless frame member being weighted, and having a round profile and being formed of a stranded carbon steel wire rope that is comprised of multiple outer lavers of helically wound wires wrapped around a multi-wire core, the outer layers and the core moving independently from one another, and said round profile of said wire rope equalizingly dispersing drone thrust pressure;
• wherein said endless frame member holds said pad in place on the ground surface, and said endless frame member is collapsible to fold said pad for storage and releasable for use of said pad.

A method of storing and deploying a transportable launch and landing pad for drones, said method comprising the steps of:

• providing the launch and landing pad including a flexible base for supporting a drone on a ground surface, said base having a perimeter, and an endless frame member joined to said perimeter of said flexible base, said base having a surface area that has a width that is greater than any linear distance across an area of downwardly moving air of the drone when operated, said endless frame member being weighted and collapsible, said endless frame member having a round profile, said endless frame member being formed of a stranded carbon steel wire rope that is comprised of multiple outer lavers of helically wound wires wrapped around a multi-wire core, the outer layers and the core moving independently from one another, and said round profile of said wire rope equalizingly dispersing drone thrust pressure;
• manipulating said launch and landing pad from an unfolded use disposition to a storage disposition by twisting said endless frame member and folding the twisted endless frame member over itself from a single shape into two or more smaller, similar shapes;
• and
• releasing said launch and landing pad from the folded storage disposition, whereby said endless frame member is returnable to the single shape to place said launch and landing pad in the unfolded use disposition.