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Vibration? 

In Special-forces robot whisper-copter enters flight test

One reason high performance 'copter blades have vibration problems is because the tip is supersonic, the hub is subsonic, and an intermediate point is ..sonic..

And a constant speed rotor means that the air speed at any radius is constant.

So how are they controlling the vibration problem and how are they dealing with the airspeed problem?

A new approach to rotor airfoil shape? Subsonic rotation? Adaptive balancing?

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