System and method of blade-tip facilitated aircraft capture

A method of capturing an aerial vehicle, the method comprising:

• rotating a first blade of the aerial vehicle, the first blade coupled to a first rotor of the aerial vehicle, wherein:
• the first blade has a contour configured to facilitate entanglement of a payload line of a winch system around a hub of the aerial vehicle;
• the contour comprising at least one feature positioned along a distal end of the first blade, the feature being configured to hook the payload line;
• the first rotor is positioned coaxial to a second rotor of the aerial vehicle;
• counter-rotating a second blade of the aerial vehicle, the second blade coupled to the second rotor that is coaxial to the first rotor;
• contacting, by a leading edge of the first blade, the payload line of the winch system;
• pulling the payload line towards the hub of the aerial vehicle, wherein the payload line is pulled towards the hub as the first blade continues to rotate;
• and
• wherein continued rotation of the first blade and continued counter-rotation of the second blade causes the payload line to be tangled around the hub of the aerial vehicle at a location on the hub that is between the first rotor and the second rotor.