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Aarau


About Me:

If it doesn't fly it's not something I am likely to buy.


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Co-founder of UAVenture, Our main product, AirRails is a flight control solution for manufacturers of hybrid VTOL systems.


Hometown:

Aarau


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Simon Wilks posted a blog post
At UAVenture we’ve been using the uLanding Lite from Aerotenna for a few months now as part of our crop spraying development work. The uLanding is a lightweight (60g), sealed radar based distance sensor with about 30m range and a fast 500Hz update…
Dec 27, 2016
Simon Wilks commented on Simon Wilks's blog post Introducing the Sky Observer (Skylark) UAV from ZETA
"@Gary, the pod feels quite strong. I'm more worried about the vertical force on the wings."
Dec 10, 2014
Simon Wilks commented on Simon Wilks's blog post Introducing the Sky Observer (Skylark) UAV from ZETA
"I haven't tested it yet, will do in the next round of flights. In the picture you might notice the servo arm foremost on the elevator. This is used for raising the whole horizontal tail.

I've been told by ZETA that it is "for fun" and not meant to…"
Dec 10, 2014
Simon Wilks posted a blog post
We received one of a few Sky Observer samples ZETA Science had available for testing a couple of weeks ago for evaluation before they go into production, assembled it and took it for a test flight.The RTF model is very near completion with all…
Dec 9, 2014
Simon Wilks commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Sucessful first trials of Swiss Pixhawk-based entry for Outback Challenge
"They do offer white :) I took black only for the looks (promo reasons) and I think it does look great, but that's not important anymore.
I have the X8, maybe others have had chosen this path but I felt I'd get a lot further with the Viper. They are…"
Aug 2, 2014
Simon Wilks commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Sucessful first trials of Swiss Pixhawk-based entry for Outback Challenge
"The detection system is quite an advanced one, developed by one of our team members, Julian Oes. The video shows a Joe like person with a bright vest but earlier that day we had lots of hits with my white T-Shirt. Black was harder but we'll get…"
Aug 2, 2014
Simon Wilks commented on Toby Lankford's blog post Aerial Vista Wildlife Conservation Team and the RVJET
"Given that you have two props could you use those to control yaw instead of rudders?"
Feb 17, 2014
Simon Wilks posted a blog post
I recently received the Iris RTF package and finally had a chance to take it for a fly today. Here is what I did:- Unboxed it - Inserted batteries into the transmitter- Charged the Lipo- Flashed the PX4 firmware using QGroundControl (currently the…
Oct 30, 2013
Simon Wilks commented on Michael's blog post Range Video's FPV flying wing, the RVJET
"The price has been announced: http://www.rangevideo.com/docs/pr_rvjet_upd2.pdf"
Feb 9, 2013
Simon Wilks posted a blog post
The PX4 autopilot now supports the Graupner HoTT telemetry system bringing live flight data right to your transmitter’s display.Real-time Flight Data on your Transmitter DisplayThe latest PX4 firmware now supports telemetry for all HoTT transmitters…
Jan 30, 2013