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{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)[permanent dead link]To counteract this, the EH101's 'winged-tip' rotor blades create what its pilots call the "donut effect" – a circular window of clear air inside the dust storm that allows them to see the ground as they come in to land.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Aerodynamic improvements include a reduced diameter and decreased tip speeds. This results in quieter operation and reduced tip vortices. The 90° bend reduces the vortices that, on traditional blades, pick up debris that can contact the blades and cause nicks, gouges and scratches.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)To counteract this, the EH101's 'winged-tip' rotor blades create what its pilots call the "donut effect" – a circular window of clear air inside the dust storm that allows them to see the ground as they come in to land.