DIY Drone Racing Gate Pool Noodle Mount

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A cheap way to create a customisable gate for drone racing. The body of the gate is a pool noodle and some reasonably thick gauge wire with the ends tied to form a loop. This 3d printed part slips over each end of the pool noodle and can either be placed on the ground - for indoor racing - or attached to the ground with two tent pegs. When used without tent pegs indoors it is stable enough during normal operation but will fall over during a crash (the tension of the wire makes the feet unlevel). This is difficult to remedy in the design whilst still keeping it customisable for different drone gates ( different tensions), if you need a leveller mount, add some weights to the arms of the mount when used indoors. It seems to work well as a cheap FPV drone racing gate.