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Advanced Vertical Flight I
Technical Session D: Thurs. May 7, 2026
Design and Testing of a Guided Autorotative Delivery System for Wildfire Suppression
Jayant Sirohi,
Jia Chadha,
Rhea Jain,
Siva Sakamuri,
Thomas Thomas
Dynamics of a Micro Aerial Vehicle with Shrouded Coaxial Hingeless Rotors
Kunal Rahul Yadav,
Jayant Sirohi
Investigating Ballistic Launch Capability of a Coaxial-Rotor Micro Air Vehicle
Miracle Nyancho,
Reuben-Wayne Stewart,
Moble Benedict
Investigation of Forward-Flight Roll-Control Enhancement in a Quadrotor Biplane Tailsitter
Amit Gadag,
Vishnu Saj,
David Coleman,
Moble Benedict
On the Ballistic Tube-Launch of a Tailsitter Unmanned Aerial System
Jack Dooher,
Reuben-Wayne Stewart,
Moble Benedict
Quadcopter Mission Energy Prediction Using Machine Learning
Richard Healy,
Daniel Nikolov
Advanced Vertical Flight II
Technical Session E: Thurs. May 7, 2026
Flight testing of the VT-03-s Shadow Multi-Tilt-Rotor Configuration with a Maneuver Control System Enabling Simplified Vehicle Operations and Tactical Maneuvering
Imon Chakraborty,
Bikash Kunwar,
Stefanus Harris Putra,
Rajan Bhandari,
Cole McCormick
Impact of Propeller Design and Placement on Propeller-Driven Rotor Hover Performance and Scaling
Robert Brown,
Inder Chopra
Measurements and Modeling of Stacked Rotor Wake and Performance
Colby Cotoia,
Chloe Johnson
PIV-Informed Modeling of a Compound Helicopter Pusher Propeller
Radu Teodorescu,
Inderjit Chopra,
Chloe Johnson