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Old 13th April 2011 | 08:46
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Lower noise or not?

The only way to categorically prove these new blades are quieter is to perform some kind of noise evaluation testing with a machine with standard blades and one with the Van Horn blades. Maybe that will form part of the test programme at some point. In the section of the video between 0:23 and 0:32, during the sidewards hover, the main blade noise seems to be quieter than you would expect. It certainly sounds "different".

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