Dan Wilson
  • 25, Male
  • Sydney
  • Australia
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Dan Wilson commented on Ducty's blog post Martin Jetpack - Flight Video
"Jack I believe the system is completely computer stabilised. The ground pilot is providing pitch, roll, yaw rate and vertical velocity set points."
Apr 4
Knuckles904 commented on Dan Wilson's blog post Martin Jetpack Job Opportunity
"My jaw dropped when I saw this. Dream job...but im a little far from NZ and my family/girlfriend wouldnt take kindly to that extreme a move"
Feb 7, 2011
Matt commented on Dan Wilson's blog post Martin Jetpack Job Opportunity
"Thanks Dan. That makes this incredibly ironic, check out the author: http://www.amazon.com/Wheres-My-Jetpack-Amazing-Science/dp/1596911360  "
Feb 7, 2011
Dan Wilson commented on Dan Wilson's blog post Martin Jetpack Job Opportunity
"Grads are encouraged to apply too, as long as they have some sort of relevant experience, whether it be from past jobs/internships, a final year project or something like the UAV Outback Challenge."
Feb 6, 2011
Jason Lyons commented on Dan Wilson's blog post Martin Jetpack Job Opportunity
"Is there a minimum number of years experience in the industry required, or are grads encouraged to apply as well?"
Feb 6, 2011
Dan Wilson posted a blog post

Martin Jetpack Job Opportunity

 Hi all,I would like to inform everyone that a flight control engineer/software developer position currently exists at Martin Aircraft Company. Martin Aircraft is a small R&D company based in Christchurch, New Zealand which is currently in development of the Martin…See More
Feb 6, 2011
Dan Wilson replied to Edouard H's discussion Using a magnetometer to estimate UAV attitudes
"I was able to compensate for this using an offset and scale factor for each axis. The result placed the experimental sphere bang on the ideal sphere. I then assumed a linear relationship with throttle, yet this could be improved with additional…"
Nov 14, 2009
Dan Wilson replied to Edouard H's discussion Using a magnetometer to estimate UAV attitudes
"Ed, The MicroMag was positioned at the very front of the Easy Star nose so positioning it at the rear wouldn't be any further from the motor. Here's a graph of the experimental sphere (blue) and the expected sphere (green) at full…"
Nov 13, 2009
Dan Wilson replied to Edouard H's discussion Using a magnetometer to estimate UAV attitudes
"Hi Ed, As Bill pointed out, the single reference vector will not do the job. A 3-axis magnetometer will define a 3D magnetic vector but any aircraft rotations about this vector will be unknown. I have experimented with a MicroMag3 mounted amongst…"
Nov 12, 2009
Dan Wilson left a comment for Doug Weibel
"Doug, I would like to have a look at your IMU code. Do your subtle changes greatly affect performance? I have recently been flight testing the algorithm in my own application. With Jordis gains I noticed pitch estimate problems at full throttle…"
Oct 22, 2009
Dan Wilson commented on Doug Weibel's blog post ArduIMU v1.1 (Now v1.2) Questions and Answers and More Questions
"Hi Guys, Just a few observations. I have been going mad trying to get the yaw drift compensation to work properly. I have tried different offsets and experimented a lot. @ Jordi I may be wrong, and it may have been deliberate due to different…"
Oct 22, 2009
Dan Wilson replied to Michael King's discussion PID loops and Tuning
"I have a similar question to Jason. I am wondering when, or how, to reset my Integral term. Currently, I am setting a threshold to reset the integral term, i.e. when the error is suitably reduced, the I term is set to 0."
Oct 14, 2009
Dan Wilson commented on Doug Weibel's blog post ArduIMU software problems and questions
"It looks like yaw drift compensation occurs in roll_pitch_drift(). The yaw drift gains may be set to zero for indoor testing."
Oct 8, 2009
Dan Wilson commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post ArduIMU V2 Demo (Video)
"Hi Jordi, First of all, congratulations on a fantastic project. I have ported the code to my own application (SparkFun 6DOF IMU, Arduino Mega) and its seems to work fantastically. The results are much more pleasing than the crude Kalman filter I…"
Sep 28, 2009
Dan Wilson commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post ArduIMU V2 Demo (Video)
"Jordi, Is it necessary to buy the ArduIMU in order to obtain the code? Or will the code be released separately? Cheers"
Sep 20, 2009
Dan Wilson commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post ArduIMU V2 Demo (Video)
"Hi Jordi, When will the ArduIMU source code be released? Cheers"
Sep 19, 2009

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About Me:
Currently completing a Ph.D with the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR).
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
My UAV interest began with a final year University project in 2009 where I built and successfully flight tested a low-cost autopilot, based around the Arduino Mega.
Hometown:
Sydney

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Martin Jetpack Job Opportunity

Posted on February 6, 2011 at 6:44pm 4 Comments

 

Hi all,

I would like to inform everyone that a flight control engineer/software developer position currently exists at Martin Aircraft Company.

 

Martin Aircraft is a small R&D company based in Christchurch, New Zealand…

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