diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.qrc b/qgroundcontrol.qrc
index ebc90c3ddd2c34fa150d450820814d1c6a3d453b..319f391e999252fe6f2babc8bfd5586422cf79da 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.qrc
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.qrc
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCCheckBox.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCCheckBox.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCColoredImage.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCColoredImage.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCComboBox.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCComboBox.qml</file>
+		<file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCDynamicObjectManager.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCDynamicObjectManager.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCFileDialog.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCFileDialog.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCFlickable.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCFlickable.qml</file>
         <file alias="QGroundControl/Controls/QGCFlickableHorizontalIndicator.qml">src/QmlControls/QGCFlickableHorizontalIndicator.qml</file>
diff --git a/src/PlanView/FWLandingPatternMapVisual.qml b/src/PlanView/FWLandingPatternMapVisual.qml
index 8f2a9d882eaf51c0129141eccde3aeb9a4680766..0c9e70e580bb2bd16d3e1c979a985def0a8844b1 100644
--- a/src/PlanView/FWLandingPatternMapVisual.qml
+++ b/src/PlanView/FWLandingPatternMapVisual.qml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ Item {
     readonly property real _landingLengthMeters:    100
 
     property var    _missionItem:           object
-    property var    _itemVisuals:           [ ]
     property var    _mouseArea
     property var    _dragAreas:             [ ]
     property var    _flightPath
@@ -39,30 +38,16 @@ Item {
     property var    _landingPointObject
 
     function hideItemVisuals() {
-        for (var i=0; i<_itemVisuals.length; i++) {
-            _itemVisuals[i].destroy()
-        }
-        _itemVisuals = [ ]
+        objMgr.destroyObjects()
     }
 
     function showItemVisuals() {
-        if (_itemVisuals.length === 0) {            
-            var itemVisual = loiterPointComponent.createObject(map)
-            map.addMapItem(itemVisual)
-            _itemVisuals.push(itemVisual)
-            _loiterPointObject = itemVisual
-
-            itemVisual = landingPointComponent.createObject(map)
-            map.addMapItem(itemVisual)
-            _itemVisuals.push(itemVisual)
-            _landingPointObject = itemVisual
+        if (objMgr.rgDynamicObjects.length === 0) {
+            _loiterPointObject = objMgr.createObject(loiterPointComponent, map, true /* parentObjectIsMap */)
+            _landingPointObject = objMgr.createObject(landingPointComponent, map, true /* parentObjectIsMap */)
 
             var rgComponents = [ flightPathComponent, loiterRadiusComponent, landingAreaComponent, landingAreaLabelComponent, glideSlopeComponent, glideSlopeLabelComponent ]
-            for (var i=0; i<rgComponents.length; i++) {
-                var obj = rgComponents[i].createObject(map)
-                _itemVisuals.push(obj)
-                map.addMapItem(obj)
-            }
+            objMgr.createObjects(rgComponents, map, true /* parentObjectIsMap */)
         }
     }
 
@@ -98,6 +83,10 @@ Item {
         _flightPath = [ _missionItem.loiterTangentCoordinate, _missionItem.landingCoordinate ]
     }
 
+    QGCDynamicObjectManager {
+        id: objMgr
+    }
+
     Component.onCompleted: {
         if (_missionItem.landingCoordSet) {
             showItemVisuals()
diff --git a/src/PlanView/StructureScanMapVisual.qml b/src/PlanView/StructureScanMapVisual.qml
index b485dc307e67ada67456f1aff9cbc72b359d1df4..64fce07f14d309d6ecfa96deb222b89d9ce0ffd4 100644
--- a/src/PlanView/StructureScanMapVisual.qml
+++ b/src/PlanView/StructureScanMapVisual.qml
@@ -27,21 +27,15 @@ Item {
     property var _missionItem:      object
     property var _structurePolygon: object.structurePolygon
     property var _flightPolygon:    object.flightPolygon
-    property var _entryCoordinate
-    property var _exitCoordinate
 
     signal clicked(int sequenceNumber)
 
     function _addVisualElements() {
-        _entryCoordinate = entryPointComponent.createObject(map)
-        _exitCoordinate = exitPointComponent.createObject(map)
-        map.addMapItem(_entryCoordinate)
-        map.addMapItem(_exitCoordinate)
+        objMgr.createObjects([entryPointComponent, exitPointComponent], map, true /* parentObjectIsMap */)
     }
 
     function _destroyVisualElements() {
-        _entryCoordinate.destroy()
-        _exitCoordinate.destroy()
+        objMgr.destroyObjects()
     }
 
     /// Add an initial 4 sided polygon if there is none
@@ -85,6 +79,10 @@ Item {
         _destroyVisualElements()
     }
 
+    QGCDynamicObjectManager {
+        id: objMgr
+    }
+
     QGCMapPolygonVisuals {
         mapControl:         map
         mapPolygon:         _structurePolygon
diff --git a/src/PlanView/TransectStyleMapVisuals.qml b/src/PlanView/TransectStyleMapVisuals.qml
index 8e8e328cb4e756ffb1b1b9876bdb7b2634437a84..daee2fdf2ebb67ad8e8f45890957ef9b3e112e41 100644
--- a/src/PlanView/TransectStyleMapVisuals.qml
+++ b/src/PlanView/TransectStyleMapVisuals.qml
@@ -39,24 +39,17 @@ Item {
     property var    _exitTransectsComponent:    null
     property var    _entryCoordinate
     property var    _exitCoordinate
-    property var    _dynamicComponents: [ ]
 
     signal clicked(int sequenceNumber)
 
     function _addVisualElements() {
         var toAdd = [ fullTransectsComponent, entryTransectComponent, exitTransectComponent, entryPointComponent, exitPointComponent,
                      entryArrow1Component, entryArrow2Component, exitArrow1Component, exitArrow2Component ]
-        for (var i=0; i<toAdd.length; i++) {
-            _dynamicComponents.push(toAdd[i].createObject(map))
-            map.addMapItem(_dynamicComponents[_dynamicComponents.length -1])
-        }
+        objMgr.createObjects(toAdd, map, true /* parentObjectIsMap */)
     }
 
     function _destroyVisualElements() {
-        for (var i=0; i<_dynamicComponents.length; i++) {
-            _dynamicComponents[i].destroy()
-        }
-        _dynamicComponents = [ ]
+        objMgr.destroyObjects()
     }
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
@@ -67,6 +60,10 @@ Item {
         _destroyVisualElements()
     }
 
+    QGCDynamicObjectManager {
+        id: objMgr
+    }
+
     // Area polygon
     QGCMapPolygonVisuals {
         id:                 mapPolygonVisuals
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGCDynamicObjectManager.qml b/src/QmlControls/QGCDynamicObjectManager.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2a2a6d9b9e67d05f3401e560ae8b51bc12c62852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGCDynamicObjectManager.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import QtQuick 2.3
+import QtQuick.Controls 1.2
+import QtQuick.Controls.Styles 1.4
+
+import QGroundControl.Palette 1.0
+import QGroundControl.ScreenTools 1.0
+
+/// Provides a standard set of tools for dynamically create/adding/removing Qml objects
+Item {
+    visible: false
+
+    property var rgDynamicObjects: [ ]
+
+    function createObject(sourceComponent, parentObject, parentObjectIsMap) {
+        var obj = sourceComponent.createObject(parentObject)
+        rgDynamicObjects.push(obj)
+        if (arguments.length < 3) {
+            parentObjectIsMap = false
+        }
+        if (parentObjectIsMap) {
+            map.addMapItem(obj)
+        }
+        return obj
+    }
+
+    function createObjects(rgSourceComponents, parentObject, parentObjectIsMap) {
+        if (arguments.length < 3) {
+            parentObjectIsMap = false
+        }
+        for (var i=0; i<rgSourceComponents.length; i++) {
+            createObject(rgSourceComponents[i], parentObject, parentObjectIsMap)
+        }
+    }
+
+    function destroyObjects() {
+        for (var i=0; i<rgDynamicObjects.length; i++) {
+            rgDynamicObjects[i].destroy()
+        }
+        rgDynamicObjects = [ ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl/Controls/qmldir b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl/Controls/qmldir
index da47b31aeffea12bf4467660240fee81f46b0fb6..b18732f4c1f17df14add6e9258610fc0c43b57e6 100644
--- a/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl/Controls/qmldir
+++ b/src/QmlControls/QGroundControl/Controls/qmldir
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ QGCButton               1.0 QGCButton.qml
 QGCCheckBox             1.0 QGCCheckBox.qml
 QGCColoredImage         1.0 QGCColoredImage.qml
 QGCComboBox             1.0 QGCComboBox.qml
+QGCDynamicObjectManager 1.0 QGCDynamicObjectManager.qml
 QGCFileDialog           1.0 QGCFileDialog.qml
 QGCFlickable            1.0 QGCFlickable.qml
 QGCGroupBox             1.0 QGCGroupBox.qml