Cool plane at the airport this morning

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 10/24/2018 at 10:21 • Filed to: None

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Photo from the internet because I can't get a clear shot, but I'm currently looking at a Piaggio Spa P180. Front canards and two rear facing pusher props, so cool.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Dusty Ventures 10/24/2018 at 10:35

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I used to see these fly into my home ‘drome often. They have a unique sound when flying overhead; can’t mistake it for anything else.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dusty Ventures 10/24/2018 at 10:35

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We need more pusher props in the world

ttyymmnn > Dusty Ventures 10/24/2018 at 10:39

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They are cool, but they are also loud. as. shit. 

user314 > Dusty Ventures 10/24/2018 at 10:43

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Had I won MegaBall, a P180 and/or one of these were on my list:

Maybe next time...

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures 10/24/2018 at 10:48

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Those are super fucking loud.

WilliamsSW > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 10/24/2018 at 10:53

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No because they’re loud AF. And it’s not a pleasant loud , either. 

WilliamsSW > Dusty Ventures 10/24/2018 at 10:55

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Nice!! Wear earplugs!

WilliamsSW > user314 10/24/2018 at 10:56

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Are there any Starships still flying? Parts were getting to be an enormous problem for those things. Someone was collecting airframes just to keep a couple flying, last I heard. 

Averyrm - GTI YUP > WilliamsSW 10/24/2018 at 11:02

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There’s at least one still flying, I see it regularly. 

WilliamsSW > Averyrm - GTI YUP 10/24/2018 at 11:05

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Good! That airplane never met its design goals, but is still cool as hell, so I’d hate to see them all relegated to museums. 

For Sweden > Dusty Ventures 10/24/2018 at 11:14

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Canards: Because every other aerodynamicist is wrong and incapable of your brilliance.

user314 > WilliamsSW 10/24/2018 at 11:34

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FAA registry has five still on the books

user314 > For Sweden 10/24/2018 at 12:18

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Bite your tongue sirrah! Planes with canards are awe s ome.

For Sweden > user314 10/24/2018 at 12:24

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They make much more sense with a delta wing, yes.

user314 > For Sweden 10/24/2018 at 12:37

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Fair point.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Dusty Ventures 10/24/2018 at 12:45

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DYAC - you don’t understand Italian corporate framework and think this is a time to relax and be pampered?

Società per azioni (SpA)

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > ttyymmnn 10/24/2018 at 13:44

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Are they loud from inside as well? I know normal turboprops are crazy loud inside, but I thought the whole point of having them so far aft was that they were quieter for the passengers.

Edit: 68 dba interior, 82 dba exterior during takeoff (which apparently is less than the Beechcraft King Air’s 83 dba?). The EVO is also supposed to be 68% quieter from the outside, although what exactly they mean by this seems to be fuzzy. I’d venture something between a 3 and 10 dba reduction.

dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter > For Sweden 10/24/2018 at 13:47

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Not wrong, just overly constrained by convention (and the regulations that go along with it).

Also technically the Piaggio is a three-surface, which to my mind is the most awesomest.

ttyymmnn > dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter 10/24/2018 at 14:10

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My understanding is that they are noisiest in flight, as the props are turning in disturbed air from the wing. Normally, turboprops are relatively quiet inside.