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 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 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 posted a discussion
I am trying to figure out a way to drive stepper motors via my RC Rx. I have been looking at Pololu stepper motor drivers but have gotten nowhere. Has anyone done this before? I just need a place to start.Thanks!
Apr 17, 2012
Andrew Adams left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"Anyone here in the Western NY area?"
Mar 28, 2012
Andrew Adams replied to Andrew Adams's discussion Hexacopter motor problem
"Here is a video of me flying the copter while trying to give it jerky inputs...hopefully this is enough



Here is something else I noticed after flight 2...one of the motors appears to be burned and now does not rotate freely(or smoothly). Not sure…"
Mar 16, 2012
Andrew Adams commented on UAS_Pilot's blog post 40mm retractable camera turret
"@Jeb Bailey Have you tested that camera out yet? I'm interested to know how it performs."
Mar 15, 2012
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