翻訳待ち：Hoverflie: An empirical investigation of rotor shrouds to transform micro air vehicles into multi-modal hovercraft

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--> [Submitted on 7 Aug 2026] Title:Hoverflie: An empirical investigation of rotor shrouds to transform micro air vehicles into multi-modal hovercraft View a PDF of the paper titled Hoverflie: An empirical investigation of rotor shrouds to transform micro air vehicles into multi-modal hovercraft, by Mrinmoy Modak and Daniel S. Drew View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Small rotorcraft intended for use indoors or around the built environment have extremely limited flight duration. This paper presents the design and experimental characterization of a custom shroud system that transforms a Crazyflie 2.1 micro air vehicle into a multi-modal robot capable of operating as a high-efficiency hovercraft or a free-flying drone. A custom experimental platform was developed for precise control of hover height and rotor duty cycle, and automated data logging of lift forces. Parametric testing of duct, intake, and nozzle geometries was performed to investigate the impact of shroud configuration on in-ground-effect and free-flight performance. An empirical model is developed which, unlike typical models for ground effect in rotorcraft, captures the suckdown effect that reduces force at intermediate height. It is shown that, through proper design of the shroud, beneficial ground effects can be increased while diminishing negative effects both close to the ground and in free flight. An optimized configuration exhibited nearly three times higher in-ground-effect force while maintaining comparable out-of-ground-effect aerodynamic thrust, although the added shroud mass reduces free-flight control authority. Lightweight shrouds are manufactured using thin-film thermoformed components, and total single-charge flight time is shown to increase by 60% in-ground-effect while decreasing by only 30% in free-flight as compared to the stock drone. Finally, controlled flight in the air, hovering close to the ground, and hover-to-flight transitions are demonstrated using a simple mode-switching controller, with tracking errors reported to quantify performance. This work provides an experimentally-validated and easily adoptable foundation for future research into lightweight ground-effect vehicles and hybrid drone-hovercraft systems. Subjects: Robotics (cs.RO) Cite as: arXiv:2608.06707 [cs.RO] (or arXiv:2608.06707v1 [cs.RO] for this version) https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2608.06707 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Daniel Drew [view email] [v1] Fri, 7 Aug 2026 02:02:23 UTC (5,004 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Hoverflie: An empirical investigation of rotor shrouds to transform micro air vehicles into multi-modal hovercraft, by Mrinmoy Modak and Daniel S. Drew View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cs.RO new | recent | 2026-08 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Loading... Data provided by: Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv Toggle alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) Links to Code Toggle CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub Toggle DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) GotitPub Toggle Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Huggingface Toggle Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast Toggle ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Demos Replicate Toggle Replicate (What is Replicate?) Spaces Toggle Hugging Face Spaces (What is Spaces?) Spaces Toggle TXYZ.AI (What is TXYZ.AI?) Related Papers Recommenders and Search Tools Link to Influence Flower Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) Core recommender toggle CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) Author Venue Institution Topic About arXivLabs arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)