Flying vehicle systems and methods

A mobile base station for landing an unmanned aerial vehicle having a plurality of legs that define an effective landing diameter, the mobile base station comprising:

• a vehicle comprising a stowage compartment and a roof, the roof separating an interior of the stowage compartment from an exterior of the stowage compartment;
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• a nest coupled to the roof, the nest having a central axis and comprising:
• a sidewall having an upper opening and a lower opening, the sidewall extending between the upper opening and the lower opening in a direction that is non-parallel and non-perpendicular to the central axis, the upper opening is larger than the effective landing diameter, the lower opening is smaller than the effective landing diameter, the lower opening is accessible from the interior of the stowage compartment;
• a plurality of electrical contacts positioned between the upper opening and the lower opening of the sidewall and at a location at which the sidewall has a diameter that is not smaller than the effective landing diameter, wherein the sidewall is oriented to facilitate direct slideable displacement of a first electrical contact surface of the plurality of legs along an inner surface of the sidewall from a first location between the upper opening and the plurality of electrical contacts to a second location at which the first electrical contact surface and a second electrical contact surface of the plurality of legs are in direct contact with, and electrically coupled to, a different one of the plurality of electrical contacts.