Landing Support Assembly For Aerial Vehicles

An aerial vehicle comprising:

• a chassis;
• and
• a plurality of landing support assemblies coupled to the chassis, the plurality of landing support assemblies being configured to support the aerial vehicle on a surface, at least one of the landing support assemblies comprising:
• a strut extendable to a deployed state for at least partially supporting the aerial vehicle on the surface and retractable to a stowed state during flight of the aerial vehicle;
• a bracket coupled to the strut and the chassis, such that the strut is configured to pivot with respect to the bracket between the deployed state and the stowed state;
• a strut actuator coupled to the strut via a linkage and configured to cause the strut to pivot relative to the bracket between the deployed state and the stowed state;
• and
• a foot coupled to an end of the strut remote from the bracket, the foot configured to change between a retracted state, during flight, having a first cross-sectional area, and an at least partially splayed state for at least partially supporting the aerial vehicle and having a second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area.