[NSRCA-discussion] Noise - Overfly - andDifferentAerobaticModel Types

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Dean
 
Your scribbles, in any amount, are always welcome.
 
Matt
 
In a message dated 3/3/2006 1:08:35 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
d.pappas at kodeos.com writes:

Hi Marguerite,
There is no saint like a reformed sinner!  Yes, up until twenty-four, or so, 
years ago, Pattern planes were the  third loudest planes in Aeromodelling.
We came after the Pylon and CL  Speed guys, including the pulse-jet Speed 
guys. Now, we are the quietest,  save for the electric events and gliders.
 
Heavens yes, we have the moral high  ground, and all the rest are miserable 
sinners! Yes, I am being sarcastic, but  the point is useful: we need to help
everyone else in the hobby. Of course,  some are reluctant to be helped: the 
worst heckler I ever had in giving my  "how to get quiet" speech at a
club meeting was from the club President  at a site that was largely 
IMAA-centric. Political correctness makes it easy  to mistake the truth for 
"somebody-else-bashing". This is a trap we  need to avoid: plain talk is 
necessary. (yes the pun was  intentional)
 
Generally, my friends in IMAC suffer from  a terrible noise cullture.
Part of the WOW factor is the doppler  shift of the transonic prop tip noise: 
Waaaaaaaaoooooowwwww!
Just accept that that is the way it is,  otherwise you can never affect it.
 
The biggest component in getting quiet  enough to be good neighbors is the 
shift  in culture.
One of the previous writers described his  club's good results as a result of 
a well managed culture change.
Another described just the opposite. I  apologize for not remembering who 
wrote those notes.
Fortunately, competitors are somewhat  easier to "herd" into a new culture, 
as a result of a strong group  identity.
Clubs often generate this strong sense of  identity, after the noise 
complaints start.
 
now I'll contribute to the quiet ...  shutting up:
                                                             Dean



 
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