Comment on Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, HeavisideComments−duaoebg6yThis thing must be crazy light.I wonder how much of the advertised quietness will dissapear once it gets speced for range and passengers.If they've solved a fundamental problem of noisy props I would be very impressed.−mannykannot6yI see that, in horizontal flight, the propellers are behind the wing, and therefore in its wake. On the Piaggio Avanti, this arrangement creates quite noticable additional noise.
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This thing must be crazy light.
I wonder how much of the advertised quietness will dissapear once it gets speced for range and passengers.
If they've solved a fundamental problem of noisy props I would be very impressed.
I see that, in horizontal flight, the propellers are behind the wing, and therefore in its wake. On the Piaggio Avanti, this arrangement creates quite noticable additional noise.