This article aims at collecting and discussing the results reached by the research community
regarding the study of the ground effect on small rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicles …

The study of the fixed-pitch small-scale propeller in-ground effect is extended to forward
flight conditions at different incidence angles of the propeller. Force-based experiments …

Finite extent flat obstacles behind a propeller (“partial ground”) and ahead of the propeller
(“partial ceiling”) were examined experimentally for a small-scale fixed-pitch propeller in …

The aerodynamic performance of the rotor hovering on the air–water free-surface, which is
significant for cross-medium unmanned aerial vehicles, is merely studied. In this study, a …

The study extends the investigation of the fixed-pitch small-scale propeller in the ceiling
effect to forward flight conditions at different propeller incidence angles. Force-based …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-0090. vid The effect of propeller
wake, nozzle locations, and the number of propellers on agricultural spray droplet …

With the increasing interest in electric vertical takeoff and landing air vehicles and small-
scale Unmanned Air Vehicles, many novel design concepts favor the fixed-pitch-propeller as …

The study of the fixed-pitch small-scale propeller in ground/ceiling effect is extended to
forward flight conditions. Forcebased experiment and smoke flow visualization is conducted …

This paper describes in-ground effect (IGE) models that incorporate the rotor advance ratio
and vehicle's climbing velocity to predict the IGE thrust variation in axial (vertical) and …

The exploration of celestial bodies has recently advanced from rovers to rotorcraft. This
includes the recent flights of Mars Ingenuity and the upcoming Dragonfly mission to explore …