About

Gender

Male


Location

Orchard Park, NY


About Me:

I'm an engineer and love anything mechanical or electrical! I try not to redesign the wheel when I create things, but give it my own unique twist...oh ya, GO HOKIES!!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Copters and eventually Fixed wing.


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Andrew Adams posted a discussion
The time has come for me to part with my custom built hexacopter. This has been so much fun over the last couple years, but with a young child at home I just don't have the time anymore. I have well north of $1000 into this thing but need it gone.…
Nov 4, 2015
Andrew Adams replied to Ellison Chan's discussion Gauging Interest in the CNC Machine in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"I'm in!"
Jun 8, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to David Dominguez's discussion Can't calibrate radio with APM2
"EDIT: I just read, and learned, that on that Rx the signal is on the bottom.


Maybe I'm missing something here, since I don't have that Tx/Rx but isn't the signal pin on the Rx the top pin??

In the top picture it looks like you are using the…"
May 11, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to Andrew Adams's discussion Unable to arm hexa
"Finally got around to messing with my copter and solved all my problems. I reloaded the f/w and recalibrated the radio. As soon as I finished this I was able to arm and fly my copter.

Not sure what was going on before, but glad its fixed. Thanks…"
May 10, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to Michael's discussion APM 2 ESC beeping rapidly
"Make sure they are calibrated...I am having the same issue, however, I have an APM1. Someone did mention to me that with the current AC f/w and an APM 2 you have to hit the reset button every time.

I am still having the issue and am just waiting…"
May 10, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to Grahame Harvey's discussion cannot start motors on HEX w/APM1
"What do they motors do when you the arming LED goes solid? Are they beeping?

Pictures, or video of the problems?

Some more info would be helpful."
May 9, 2012
Andrew Adams commented on UAS_Pilot's photo
"Where did you get the "Remove Before Flight" tag?"
May 7, 2012
Andrew Adams commented on UAS_Pilot's photo
"Do you have any pictures with a camera mounted? Or perhaps video?"
May 7, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to kolin's discussion What CAD software are you using and why?
"3D:
Siemens NX 7.5 - Has all the features (and more) that I could ever want.
AutoCAD Inventor - Easy to use

2D:
AutoCAD 2011 - Been using it for many years and at this point it's easier than trying to go to something else.

PCB:
Eagle - Easy to use…"
May 7, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to Andrew Adams's discussion Unable to arm hexa
"Here's a quick video. Sorry for the link and quality, I'm doing this from my iPad.

As you can see, I can arm the APM, but the ESCs are not responding. I can calibrate them correctly and spin up the motors using the method here:…"
May 6, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to Andrew Adams's discussion Unable to arm hexa
"I can arm it now, but since I'm upgraded to the newest firmware, the ESCs continually beep. I've calibrated correctly. But as soon as I finish the calibration and unplug/plug in the battery to try a flight, they just beep non stop.

I can arm the…"
May 6, 2012
Andrew Adams commented on AKRCGUY's photo
"nevermind...saw the picture you posted of it. Cool monitor, does it work well?"
May 4, 2012
Andrew Adams commented on AKRCGUY's photo
"What kind of screen is that you have there?"
May 4, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to Andrew Adams's discussion Unable to arm hexa
"Tried trimming down the throttle...no dice. Not sure where to go from here. May try to reload the firmware and see what that gets me."
May 4, 2012
Andrew Adams posted a discussion
I recently updated my 9x to er9x. Ever since doing so I am unable to arm my copter. I've run the radio calibration and it's picking up all my inputs just fine. Everything on the radio end seems to work fine with my planes, but it won't arm the…
May 3, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to Juan Sebastian Otalora Acevedo's discussion How can we conect the brushless motors to the speed control ?
"A quick search turned up this post...http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1142429

Check it out. It should help."
Apr 30, 2012
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