On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Doug Franklin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2010-08-02 21:12, John Sessoms wrote: > >> The UH-60 has a very quiet rotor system by comparison, with no >> distinctive beat. > > Not really a beat, the way the UH-1 has that unmistakable "THWOP" that hits > you in the chest, and even the AH-1 Cobra has it, to an extent. But the > UH-60 has a distinctive "note", nonetheless, at least to me. For me, it's > like four-piston-engined bombers ... they just sound like what they are ... > the UH-60 also "sounds like a UH-60". As opposed to the "Warthog" and > "Spectre", which seem mostly inaudible in normal operations and profiles > until their ordnance starts lighting up around you. > > Speaking of four-piston-engined bombers, my brother and I both had eerily > similar experiences with friends a few years back, about a year apart. In > both cases, one of us was standing around outside with some friends. A > throaty drone starts to become noticeable. I (or my brother) remarks that > we hear "one, no two, four-engined bombers". Our friends respond with lots > and lots of disbelief. Then, a couple of minutes later, lo-and-behold, a > B-17 and a B-24 fly over at maybe 500 to 1000 feet. :-) Really freaked out > our friends. Really freaked us out when we compared notes and noticed how > similar our events were, too. > > -- > Thanks, > DougF (KG4LMZ)
You haven't heard a four engine bomber until you've heard a Lanc ;-) 4 Merlin's has a very unique sound, quite different from the 4 radial designs of Boeing and Consolidated. I always found that the US bombers sounded like airliners due to the use of radials. But I grew up in an area where there were still a few DC-6's and Convair's in service, so most of my early exposure to 4-radial designs were civilian types. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
