Why bother about light aircraft noise.

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I has looking at a TV show about traffic violations including the odd
high speed chases.
Part of the show was about the technical integerty of vehicles being
pulled over.
One of the things the police looked at was the sound level of cars and
motorcycles, especially the ones with the sporty exhausts.

So things went like: Your VW golf is rated at 84db and it produces 106
so you get a fine of ... and show us your car in two weeks with the
original exhaust.
There was a bike that is allowed to produce 92db at 5000 rpm.

Hmmm, 84 and 92 db.
My noise certificate shows that my plane(1974 MS880B) produces 69db.
That is way below a standard car or bike is allowed.

Now my question is why people complain about light aircraft noise while
there are hordes of cars and bikes that make a lot more noise?

-Kees



As a bike rider "Loud Pipes Save Lives" & "Lots of Lights will help prevent
riding in a van with lots of spinning lights" Now foot these little rice
grinders with the exhausts that you can here 6 blocks away and they reve
their engines at the stop sign's I look at them and laugh think how dumb
they sound compared to American cubic inches. I would rather here an
airplane, v8 race car, loud motorcycles, jap and American all day long then
here a little rice grinder car's exaust tip with their stereos rattling my
windows.

NW_PILOT wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...
I has looking at a TV show about traffic violations including the odd
high speed chases.
Part of the show was about the technical integerty of vehicles being
pulled over.
One of the things the police looked at was the sound level of cars and
motorcycles, especially the ones with the sporty exhausts.

So things went like: Your VW golf is rated at 84db and it produces 106
so you get a fine of ... and show us your car in two weeks with the
original exhaust.
There was a bike that is allowed to produce 92db at 5000 rpm.

Hmmm, 84 and 92 db.
My noise certificate shows that my plane(1974 MS880B) produces 69db.
That is way below a standard car or bike is allowed.

Now my question is why people complain about light aircraft noise while
there are hordes of cars and bikes that make a lot more noise?

-Kees



As a bike rider "Loud Pipes Save Lives" & "Lots of Lights will help prevent
riding in a van with lots of spinning lights" Now foot these little rice
grinders with the exhausts that you can here 6 blocks away and they reve
their engines at the stop sign's I look at them and laugh think how dumb
they sound compared to American cubic inches. I would rather here an
airplane, v8 race car, loud motorcycles, jap and American all day long then
here a little rice grinder car's exaust tip with their stereos rattling my
windows.

A souped up and light weight rice rocket will beat most stock detroit
muscle cars. I actually like the sound of a high revving fourbanger,
though I prefer souped up V-8.

"Sport Pilot" wrote in message
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A souped up and light weight rice rocket will beat most stock detroit
muscle cars.

It doesn't need to be that souped up... Recently bought a 2002 Kawasaki ZX-6
(Ninja 600) from a guy at the office (only had 1200 miles on it)... It had a
problem with the carb and when I took it to the dealership to get it fixed,
the mechanic said that it was "only running on 2 and a half cylinders"...
Regardless, it was able to easily get up to 160 mpg (had to slow down for a
curve)... The bike is perfectly stock... Runs quite a bit better with the
carb fixed, but I don't think I'm going to try to top it out... The amount
that I had to lean it over to get around a slight curve on a major 4 lane
highway definitely got my adrenaline pumping... Wasn't sure I was going to
be able to make the curve...

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
news:d7HAe.164277$xm3.38895@attbi_s21...
snp
Regardless, it was able to easily get up to 160 mpg (had to slow down for
a
curve)...
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Ooops... Replace mpg with mph... Finger fumble strikes again...