Aircraft Sounds, your favorite

[cj4pilot]

Honeywell 36-150X APU startup, because it means a Citation X is about to start. Which is the best part of course.

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

I don't have a favorite just yet, but I can certainly tell you all that I have a worst. The worst is the Beechjet 400 with the Eclipse 500 right behind it. Freaking high pitched and extremely loud.

So the Eclipse is back in town?

My favorite sound: The sound of the Lycoming IO-360L2A in a 172SP starting up as you pass through about 1500 AGL.

 

[Itchy]

The sound of a twin bitch coming to life on a very cold day.
First the starter followed by a couple over-eager jugs. Then the other jugs giving up and eventually becoming part of the team.

 

[youngflyer]

Oh lawd. It's thrust reversers, man.

How could I be so ignorant!?

 

[coa787]

Hey man, I can point out the IAE, the GE and the Pratt!

If you want to retain your anet geekdom, how would you tell on the 757/767 EICAS if you've got GE's or Pratts?

Ooh, ooh, pick me! I know! I know!

Lol, I've been de-throned, bro. You'd have to ask my successor coa787. Trust me he'll know!

You don't know?

I "owe" him a trans-Atlantic planning chart and I hven't seen him around much since!

I didn't forget.

 

[ILSstud]

you guys missed the PTU on the airbus A320!

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[Maximilian_Jenius]

you guys missed the PTU on the airbus A320!

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...no, remember this thread is about favorite aircraft sounds!

 

[DPApilot]

We discussed this already. Reference post #11.

Nerd/fan boy moment: My 757 easily beats your slow and heavy pig of an A321!

i second haha

 

[DeltaAVL]

How could I be so ignorant!?

Get it right, GOSH!

 

[JA Yawd Bwoy]

you guys missed the PTU on the airbus A320!

What is a PTU?

 

[TXaviator]

anyone who mentioned anything OTHER than a radial engine, you FAIL this thread.

me personally, double wasp or vedeneyev M14...tough choice....

 

[TXaviator]

oh, and yea ill give a nod to a good Merlin in a P51 too...

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the double wasp X2!!!

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merlin in the P51...

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and the russian beast in a pitts!
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[TXaviator]

oh, and mike vaknin's NASTY extra 300 with a hot rodded engine and something gnarly going on with the prop tips... its the loudest damn thing ive ever heard.

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[germb747]

What is a PTU?

I assume he means Power Transfer Unit. The C-5 has three of them--essentially a motor/pump used as a backup way to pressurize a hydraulic system using pressure from an adjacent system. The 2-3 PTU on Fred makes a distinct sound when you turn it on as it momentarily cavitates.

 

[Sisson2011]

I like the 757, the whine as it comes towards you, and the roar as it goes by.

I also really love listening to the Stearman.

 

[TXaviator]

speaking of aircraft sounds, whats the OBNOXIOUSLY LOUD whine on A320 series aircraft that can be heard before startup and also after shutdown... sounds like a LOUD whine/pump type sound....

 

[staplegun]

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T-28 Wright R-1820-86 Cyclone radial engine, 1,425 hp

The airplane I learned to fly in!

Hands down!


Kevin

 

[derg]

you guys missed the PTU on the airbus A320!

You mean "Robo Dog"?

 

[tlewis95]

T-28 Wright R-1820-86 Cyclone radial engine, 1,425 hp

The airplane I learned to fly in!

Hands down!


Kevin

Ya those are nice.

I was standing about 50 feet off of the runway when a guy was practicing short field takeoffs where I work one day.

I think a good heart is required to stand that close.

 

[kellwolf]

Radials, Merline or any other engine of the type that sounds like it will eat your children.