Base attachment module for small aerial vehicles

A base attachment module (BAM) configured to be mounted to a small aerial vehicle (SAV), the BAM comprising:

• a rigid body with:
• a mounting end for coupling with a SAV;
• a surface meeting docking assembly (DA) with three or more contact points for contacting a work surface;
• and
• a contracting suction cup (CSC) adapted to pull the working surface and rigid body together by contraction from an extended pose, to a contracted pose, the CSC mounted to the BAM in a position surrounded by the contact points relative to the contour of the work surface so that in the extended pose, the CSC extends beyond the contour aligned with three of the contact points and so the BAM with the CSC meeting the work surface in the extended pose is precluded from concurrent contact of all the three of the contact points with the work surface;
• and
• a control system for controlling a pressure within the CSC,
• wherein the control system is adapted to apply sufficient suction to the CSC to draw the BAM toward the work surface at least until all the three of the contact points of the DA meet the work surface.