Mavic Pro iPad Mini adapter

I couldn't quite find the "right" iPad Mini adapter for my Mavic Pro - so obviously I made my own ... two

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I wanted a simple iPad Mini adapter for my Mavic Pro but couldn't find quite what I wanted online or on Thingiverse. Inspired by this (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1816542) model on Thingiverse, I built a couple of my own; one entirely printable, the other requiring an additional iPad stand.

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Mavic Pro iPad Mini - Adapter 2 alt.stl Standard Tesselated Geometry - 2.57 MB - 01/15/2017 at 19:31		Download
Mavic Pro iPad Mini - Adapter 2.stl Standard Tesselated Geometry - 2.34 MB - 01/14/2017 at 08:31		Download
Mavic Pro iPad Mini - Adapter 1 - Part 2.stl Standard Tesselated Geometry - 100.47 kB - 01/13/2017 at 17:05		Download
Mavic Pro iPad Mini - Adapter 1 - Part 1.stl Standard Tesselated Geometry - 1.86 MB - 01/13/2017 at 17:05		Download

Components

1 × Tablet holder https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y4FF1OM
1 × Mounting screw https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B012CLIF24

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Adapter 2
Tim Wilkinson • 01/14/2017 at 08:52 • 0 comments

My second adapter is a single piece base plate which attaches to a $9 iPad holder I bought on Amazon (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y4FF1OM). The iPad holder is nicely padded and easily accommodates different size tablets (in case an iPad Mini is not what you want to use).
The printed part is attached to the iPad holder using a standard tripod screw (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B012CLIF24).
Adapter 1
Tim Wilkinson • 01/13/2017 at 17:13 • 0 comments

The first adapter I built is entirely printable. Its consists of two pieces - the base part which slides into the eager embrace of the Mavic Pro controller, and the iPad Mini support which lovely accepts your iPad.
The two pieces are printed separately (I did mine in black PLA) and glued together. I've found Weldon-4 to be excellent for solvent-welding two pieces of PLA together.