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Male


Location

Adelaide


About Me:

Director/Chief Controller of Avitus UAV Systems. CASA UAV OC holder.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Commercial operations


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Simon Butterworth replied to wilsonj's discussion Can't get lock with U blox GPS, am I missing something?
"Hi Guys,
I'm having a similar problem, I can't get a GPS lock.
I have a Ublox LEA-5H GPS, which I have updated the firmware to 6.02. I followed the tutorial by the letter and have left the GPS connected to the U-Center, the GPS looks like it is…"
Jun 5, 2010
Simon Butterworth commented on Paul Konz (Needing R&D Partner)'s blog post Looking for Help!
"Hi Paul, please take a look at our web site and if we can be of any assistance please let us know. Our UAV would easily suit your application.
www.avitus.com.au

Kind regards,
Simon"
Jul 11, 2009
Simon Butterworth posted photos
May 5, 2009
Simon Butterworth replied to Simon Butterworth's discussion Digital Servo,s
"Thanks guys, I'm not worried about the current draw because all the servos connect via a poxbox. The reason for asking is Im after a cheap autopilot to put loads of flight hours on our UAV during the test phase, it would be much easier having the…"
Feb 15, 2009
Simon Butterworth posted a discussion
Just wondering if any body is using digital servo's with their ARDU pilot and FMA Co-pilot? The reason for asking is becasue I have HS7955TG in my UAV and would like to know if they will be an issue.
Feb 12, 2009
Simon Butterworth left a comment for Bret C
"Bret,
Yes we will be selling our UAV's. Our first prototype as seen in the pics has foam core wings with balsa and glass covering. The product units will be full composite/honey comb hollow core construction which we are having CNC molds…"
Jan 29, 2009
Simon Butterworth left a comment for Bret C
"Hi Bret,
At the moment we are still flight testing and currently carrying 15kg in the nose, we are planning to expanded that out to 30kg along the payload compartment. At this early stage her flight speed envelope is 45 to 120 kts."
Jan 28, 2009
Simon Butterworth posted photos
Jan 7, 2009