>In the vein of the B-36, kind of anyway--doesn't the helicopter make a
>beating sound with the air from the pressure side of the rotor against the
>tail assembly?
The beating sound from a helicopter comes from the sound of the rotor
tips approaching the speed of sound. // Off topic tidbit: The rotor
tips move so fast that, with an IR night video, air-friction heating at
the rotor tips causes them to appear as light sources.
>On the noise making--my fan bearings make noise--the air moving through
>about everything makes noise, and especially the air moving through the
>small expanded metal screen (for sheilding) between the tube enclosure and
>the rear of the compartment. I use a 4 in. muffin fan of suspect parentage,
>120 volt, for a 2x813 amp, it's a little noisy, but lower then the summer
>QRN from the reciever, so it gets used. Way less the the air conditioner
>blowing in my face from 3 ft away.
>W5SET steve
- R. L. Measures, a.k.a. Rich..., 805.386.3734,AG6K,
www.vcnet.com/measures.
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