On Sep 8, 5:32*pm, "Eisboch" wrote:
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WTF? Can't they put a muffler system on them, or is it the blades that
make the most noise?

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Trust me. *The engine is loud.

The prop is much, much, louder.

Eisboch

Yes, go to an air show sometime and listen to a PiTT Special or a
Citaborea make a low altitude fast fly-by.

BWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!

The noise you actually are hearing is the prop beating the air. then
after they make the pass they get a lot quieter and you hear the
engine rumble.

What's cool is if somebody comes up with an old WW2 Corsair and makes
a fly-by. Yes, you hear a tremendous noise coming fromt he prop then
when they pass you hear that marvelous "gallop:" of the Pratt 'n
Whitney radial!