Recharging
July 23rd, 2010 by rbanks
Tiny Surveillance Aircraft Can Charge Itself By Landing On Power Lines
“The trick to making this possible, it turns out, is making them perform a controlled stall, like what birds do when landing on wires. When they approach the wire, they point their nose up at the right trajectory to slow them down and let them hook right onto the wire. This keeps them from landing too hard on the wire or overshooting it.” 
Gizmodo
