What's the loudest GA aeroplane out there?
1. Cessna C336/337.,
2. Cessna C205/6 with the two bladed prop,
3. Beechcraft Queenair,
4. Piaggio P166,
5. Twin Bonanza,
6. Aerocommander 560,
7. Cessna C310D with the augmentor overwing exhaust system.
2. Cessna C205/6 with the two bladed prop,
3. Beechcraft Queenair,
4. Piaggio P166,
5. Twin Bonanza,
6. Aerocommander 560,
7. Cessna C310D with the augmentor overwing exhaust system.
Interesting topic, and ran into this in search of noise levels: https://www.faa.gov/regulations_poli...cumentID/22945
Worth noting that these are estimated noise levels instead of measured noise levels, but the document is for take off noise with presented flap settings.
You'll find the list on document AC 36-3H Including Change1
On top of the list is Concorde with 112dBA, and eg aforementioned DC-3 has 85dBA.
Cessna 185 goes with 66dBA (no mention of the prop). 150/152 is at 59dBA, and on the bottom of the list is AA-5B TIGER wtih 52dBA.
And out of sheer interest a few picks: twin comanche 70,6dBA. Navajo up to 74dBA.
The Paris is rated at 80,9dBA.
Worth noting that these are estimated noise levels instead of measured noise levels, but the document is for take off noise with presented flap settings.
You'll find the list on document AC 36-3H Including Change1
On top of the list is Concorde with 112dBA, and eg aforementioned DC-3 has 85dBA.
Cessna 185 goes with 66dBA (no mention of the prop). 150/152 is at 59dBA, and on the bottom of the list is AA-5B TIGER wtih 52dBA.
And out of sheer interest a few picks: twin comanche 70,6dBA. Navajo up to 74dBA.
The Paris is rated at 80,9dBA.
Queenair...
About an hour after departure I got told by ATC that he thought I must have woke up everyone in Western Sydney when I departed YSBK at 3am on a saturday morning once.
About an hour after departure I got told by ATC that he thought I must have woke up everyone in Western Sydney when I departed YSBK at 3am on a saturday morning once.
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Noisiest thing round here now are the Spits at Biggin - I've yet to hear anyone complain!
The Cirrus is quite a noisy bugger too, not sure if it's the prop or what...
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The BAC-111 made a hell of a racket, but then, the VC-10 had four of those engines!
But as for GA, yes the BE65/BE80 was allowed to do night freight runs when other types were deemed too noisy!
What a joke!
But as for GA, yes the BE65/BE80 was allowed to do night freight runs when other types were deemed too noisy!
What a joke!
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Would have to be a Britten Norman Islander wouldn't it?
The 65-B80 had IGSO-540. There was another model QueenAir that had a flat 8 from memory (need to search the old log books) it wasn’t nearly as loud.
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I will second Piaggio 166 , extremely noisy for its size and with pusher props too?. Obviously nothing can compete with military stuff or wonderful smokey ground shaking 60s jet liners. Opposite end of scale have to be lovely puttering old DH biplane engines , part of the sounds of an English summer
Generally anything equipped with augmentors (like most Queenairs) will be noisy. 12 exhaust pipes, no mufflers, feeding straight into the augmentor tubes! What a great sound!