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So tell us again how you missed the part in the home-owner disclosure about
being under a traffic pattern? What? It wasn't in there? Maybe you shold sue your realtor and the last owner of the house. By the way...do you own a leaf blower? A riding mower? A Honda car with a coffee can exhaust? A loud stereo? A barking dog? A garage band? A chain saw? Rodney (Can't we all just get along) King "Falky foo" wrote in message m... Troll or not, he brings up a good point. Fact is, he's posting to a group of people who are making all the noise. It's like telling a Harley owner that motorcycles are just too damn loud. In fact, each city has noise ordinances and if you and your neighbors get together you can convince city councils to do just about anything. But you need to take the time and effort to do it. I have very sensitive hearing and you can bet if some yahoos kept doing figure 8 above my house it would drive me insane-- I'd do everything in my power to stop it. wrote in message oups.com... I live in a relatively quiet city, until recently. A flight school opened up across the bay from me, and all day long, all I can hear outside are these private plane motor noises. It is really awful. It is like having a gas powered lawn mower above me all day long. As one plane leaves, another one takes its place. I am grateful when the evening comes, or for a rainy day, so I wont hear them anymore. Let's get some noise control on these small planes before we all go crazy. |
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"Steve Foley" wrote in message
... Go make a donation to www.aviationtomorrow.com They're working on an electric airplane. If you buy one for everyone, you won't have to 'hear lawnmowers' Most noise comes from the prop, not the engine. Without reading the article I assume the electric plane will still require a prop, right?!? Rob |
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Rob Turk wrote:
"Steve Foley" wrote in message ... Go make a donation to www.aviationtomorrow.com They're working on an electric airplane. If you buy one for everyone, you won't have to 'hear lawnmowers' Most noise comes from the prop, not the engine. Without reading the article I assume the electric plane will still require a prop, right?!? That or a caterpillar drive using superconductors "Give me one ping, one ping only" |
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Falky foo wrote:
Troll or not, he brings up a good point. Fact is, he's posting to a group of people who are making all the noise. It's like telling a Harley owner that motorcycles are just too damn loud. In fact, each city has noise ordinances and if you and your neighbors get together you can convince city councils to do just about anything. But you need to take the time and effort to do it. I have very sensitive hearing and you can bet if some yahoos kept doing figure 8 above my house it would drive me insane-- I'd do everything in my power to stop it. "I don't like the noise other people are making" is never a good point. It's just the typical whining and bitching that you expect from the ****y brats that a large portion of my fellow Americans have turned into. Albeit, we better mind their whining, or Congress will be passing special legislation to have us subpeoned to one of their hearings. It would be good if we could do something to show that we're trying to be good neighbors. Try this idea. Sun'N'Fun cancled the "Sun 100" race this year. Something about liability issues. But a 'get-there-first' isn't the only type of competition possible. Fact is, there are a whole lot more than can be much more interesting and involving of the participants. 1) Noise Competition: Put a sound meter in the middle of the runway. Each entrant does a touch-n-go or three. Winner is the airplane makeing the least noise. Stipulate things like "must climb to 300ft before end of runway". 2) How about a fuel efficiency 'race'. Top of the tank, measure exactly how much it requires to top off after running a course. I was disappointed years ago when NASCAR decided to slow cars down with restrictor plates. There was just so much more they could have done to push technology forward. Like limit the amount of gas allowed for the race. Not only would it have saved lives from gas being thrown all around the pits, but race teams would try everything to make the cars more aerodynamic and fuel efficient not just more powerful. The could have limit the number of tire changes allowed. Even restrict the cooling intake area, as more white smoke would be more entertaining than a pack of cars all running around at exactly the same speed. All things where teams would try different approaches to get an edge, push technology, tax the driver's skill, and keep things intersting. Is there any way we can do what NASCAR wouldn't? Create races that test technology and not just the driver's ability to 'stick the curves'. -- This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom. It goes against instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)." |
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("Ernest Christley" wrote)
snip Is there any way we can do what NASCAR wouldn't? Create races that test technology and not just the driver's ability to 'stick the curves'. They're entering Turn 3 http://160.94.140.26/races.htm .. ...and they're still entering Turn 3. After this commercial break for our sponsors, we'll see the teams coming out of Turn 3. Stay tuned. Montblack :-) |
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Falky foo wrote:
Troll or not, he brings up a good point. Fact is, he's posting to a group of people who are making all the noise. It's like telling a Harley owner that motorcycles are just too damn loud. In fact, each city has noise ordinances and if you and your neighbors get together you can convince city councils to do just about anything. But you need to take the time and effort to do it. I have very sensitive hearing and you can bet if some yahoos kept doing figure 8 above my house it would drive me insane-- I'd do everything in my power to stop it. Yeah, "Falky Foo" (sheesh!), you're not a bleepin' troll, too. |
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"....people who are making all the noise...."
Only airplanes make noise? I asume you never fly. AND it would be more honest of the original poster to identify the city that he is complaining about - to verify the "facts". Otherwise he is just stiring up imaginary scenes to arouse unfounded suspicion and hatred. Also, most people go to work during daytime when flight schools are in operation. There seem to be inconsistencies in the "facts". |
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....noise to you, a symphony of pistons and propellers to me!
wrote in message oups.com... Let's get some noise control on these small planes before we all go crazy. |
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:56:12 -0800, "Pete Schaefer"
wrote: ...noise to you, a symphony of pistons and propellers to me! Augmenters forever! Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com wrote in message roups.com... Let's get some noise control on these small planes before we all go crazy. |
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A couple years back making the usual trek to Sun-N-Fun with my 1957
Apache, Fat Albert, which has exhaust augmenters and no mufflers, the ground crew seemed to have totally misplaced the contemporary classic camping area and wound up taxiing me for more than 20 minutes, weaving back and forth through areas of the flight line, past the control tower twice, complete with having to weave me between a flock of warbirds being tugged onto the apron for the airshow... So, there I was repeatedly locking one brake, and going full power on the opposite engine to weave between and under the wingtips these great machines of war, and making a lot of racket for a measly 150 HP... We finally got parked after considerable maneuvering... As I was securing the plane the announcer commented he was glad "that" was over... Then people began drifting over, inquiring ,"How many horsepower does that thing have? Jeez, you drowned out the speakers clear over in the tent forums!", etc... Augmenters forever, indeed... |
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