[NSRCA-discussion] Noise - Overfly - and Different Aerobatic Model Types

[Jay Marshall]

Don't overlook that absolute noise is not the only factor. A big, noisy
plane has the perception of danger to the unknowing. In some hands its
more than just a perception. 
 
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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Richards
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 7:35 AM
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Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Noise - Overfly - and Different
Aerobatic Model Types
 
Dean,
 
Right on point. I've been involved with a flying field lost due to
noise, and was also involved in a successful fight to keep a field open
after neighbor's complaints. Better to be reasonably quiet in the first
place. Once you have upset the neighbors to the point that they start to
complain, their "threshold of pain" becomes much lower. Once they have
made up their minds they don't like you, they probably never will like
you again, regardless of what you do.
 
The one - maybe the only - big negative that I see with IMAC is the
noise level along with the noise footprint.  But, you know, 20 years ago
you could say the same thing about pattern. I just hope the guys in IMAC
(and giant scale in general) can learn from the mistakes made in pattern
--  BEFORE flying fields are lost for both camps!
 
Bob R.


Dean Pappas <d.pappas at kodeos.com> wrote:
Hi Dave,
What I hope we are saying here, is that being smart and making our
aerobatic planes quiet is good for the continued survival of both
events. Of course, if flyers with large, loud, and far-away 40% planes
lose all our practice fields and practice sites ...

This is just how the West Windsor contest in Jersey became a "first
annual and only ever" event.
Sadly, I have to say that two or three IMACers joined the club, and
within a few months, we had no Pattern Contest, a 6:00 P.M. weekday
curfew on wet power, and neighbors who are now very aware of our
existence. Being noticed ain't always a good thing! Smart noise
abatement programs are aimed at preventing that first complaint. Once it
happens, it's almost too late.
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