250 Quadcopter Landing Skid and visual orientation - H250CF

I am working on my line-of-site flying and found it was often difficult to identify which end was which and which way my quad was flying - the whole thing is black and similar all around!

I also was finding that landings were scuffing up the ends of the screws that hold the legs on this particular quad.

I printed this skid plate out of bright PLA on my printrbot. I had to do some minor tooling to get it to fit perfectly with the screw patterns, but nothing a drill or dremmel and a couple minutes fiddling wouldn't fix.

I will probably print a black one for the front next :)

edit - added another version. slightly thicker and taller skids and a little more clearance for the inside bolt (my socket wrench barely fit)