Stephen A. Conyers

2 accepted papers

2018

An Empirical Evaluation of Ground Effect for Small-Scale Rotorcraft

Stephen A. Conyers, Matthew J. Rutherford, Kimon P. Valavanis

ICRA 2018poster

Ground effect refers to the apparent increase in lift that an aircraft experiences when it flies close to the ground. For helicopters, this effect has been modeled since the 1950's based on the work of Cheeseman and Bennett, perhaps the most common method for predicting hover performance due to grou…

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2015

A mobile self-leveling landing platform for VTOL UAVs

Stephen A. Conyers, Nikolaos I. Vitzilaios, Matthew J. Rutherford, Kimon P. Valavanis

ICRA 2015poster

A semi-autonomous mobile self-leveling landing platform designed to launch, recover and re-launch VTOL UAVs without the need for human intervention is described. The landing platform is rugged, lightweight and inexpensive, making it ideal for civilian applications that require a base station from wh…

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