Gender
Male
About
Location
Round Lake, IL
About Me:
I am Engineering Manager at steel fabrication company. I love to build stuff. If there is no challenge involved, I'm not interested.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
5 or 6 years ago I promised a friend of mine I would deliver him a beer with my unmanned aircraft from my house. Throughout that time I have learned alot and I am very close to reaching my goal.
Hometown:
Grayslake, Illinois
Activity Feed
"I'm working on a silicone rubber isolated mount design using Polytek liquid rubber. The idea is to cast a threaded stud into a cavity of the rubber. I will try a lock nut on both sides of the APM to support it. I'll post a writeup as a new thread…"
"That JVC cam says "quad proof". Do they mean Quadcopter?"
"I was also wondering the same thing. I got my board last October."
I like the way the latest MP looks. I use the MP on my CF-19 Toughbook. The latest version is not playing nice with it with regards to the 1024x768 resolution. I can see half of the com port selection box and the right side is cut off. I read in…
"I had a bright idea once. I felt my quad was descending to slow from a high altitude flight so I let it free fall for a bit. Once I noticed the props stop and start spinning in the opposite direction I quickly realized it was a dumb move. I…"
"I think the nut spun off when the prop abruptly stopped spinning from contacting the ground. Maybe it was a clockwise prop? I think if the nut flew off in flight, the quad would have spun out of control instead of what I see in the video. I didn't…"
I everyone. I've been playing with UAV for a couple years now and I have an idea that may make some peoples lives a little better. I'm a little lazy, who isn't right? I have accumulated quite a few lipo batteries. Their not all the same. I do use…
