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KamahlYrgybly t1_j65xbe3 wrote

This is revolutionary. Increased efficiency, structural stability, and reduced noise. In a couple of decades, iterations of these designs will likely replace all conventional props.

Drones, helicopters, propeller planes and boats are great and all, but the improvements to efficiency for large scale cargo ships, wind turbines, hell, potentially even steam turbines are where the big gains will be found.

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LiverOfStyx t1_j685unk wrote

Really? So you have HEARD the thing? Cause i could not find any footage of it actually spinning...

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drunksquatch t1_j68985q wrote

There is a video, at least in the link I clicked, in the article that you can hear it and it is a huge difference

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LiverOfStyx t1_j68rskq wrote

Yeah, i watched the video and it is some dude talking the entire time. Not one second of the sound was in that video. Then there is a video about boats, with engines running on top, and then another that has a dude.. just talking. Not one second of the prop itself making noise compared to traditional.

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drunksquatch t1_j68ynsb wrote

The video i saw had sound for both. The guy talks over it the first few times, but eventually you do hear the props.

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FlatteringFlatuance t1_j69iunr wrote

Jokes on you the propellers were running in both videos. That's how quiet they are 😎 /s

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