Why do helicopters make a chopping noise instead of a smooth spinning noise?

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Why do helicopters make a chopping noise instead of a smooth spinning noise?

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Each blade goes whomp. For you to hear a continuous noise, you would need the rotor speed times number of blades to be over 50Hz, or for a dual blade rotor go over 1500rpm.

This would unfortunately make blade go over the speed of sound.

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