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Jumping to the conclusion based on pure conjecture ? See their launch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeFxjRMv5U8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeFxjR

Jumping to the conclusion based on pure conjecture ? See their launch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeFxjRMv5U8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeFxjRMv5U8 where they specifically mention how quiet it is (and the noise profile in the video indeed seems not annoying at all).

DeusExMachina 9y ago
It sounds pretty noisy to me in that video, even with the music partially covering it. It’s hard to say if it’s noisier than a car, but I wouldn’t say it’s quiet at all.
- hawkice 9y ago
  Being within ~10x the noise of a car is pretty quiet, considering they'll be up in the air most of the time. Unless the video is really misleading about noise, this won't be an insane nuisance.
- smoyer 9y ago
  It's definitely going to be noisier than a car because of the propeller noise. Small aircraft don't generally have mufflers on their engines, so a gasoline powered aircraft will have both propeller noise and engine noise that are greater than that of a modern automobile (imagine your car without a muffler or even much of an exhaust pipe - no, not you Tesla owners).
  - davidcbc 9y ago
    The video specifically mentions that they are fully electric. It isn't a gasoline powered aircraft.
    - smoyer 9y ago
      Yes ... my point was that it was going to be quieter than a gasoline powered airplane and noisier than a car. As an aside, I suspect the "buzzing" noise made by the propellers was attenuated in the video post production.
peteretep 9y ago
If it has the same noise profile as a current consumer camera zone, I want none of these things anywhere near me.
onion2k 9y ago
Sound in videos is rarely recorded on location. What you hear when you're watching probably bares no relation to the real world at all. Also, it may be fine when there's one of them. When there's 50 coming and going from a popular tourist spot it'd be a very different story.
londons_explore 9y ago
When flying horizontally, I can imagine it is quite quiet. While taking off and landing, I expect it to be very noisy and cause a lot of wind. With work, the landing and takeoff could be very fast - maybe just a couple of seconds until it starts to get up to speed and can use the quiet wings rather than noisy tiny propellers.

DeusExMachina 9y ago

It sounds pretty noisy to me in that video, even with the music partially covering it. It’s hard to say if it’s noisier than a car, but I wouldn’t say it’s quiet at all.

hawkice 9y ago
Being within ~10x the noise of a car is pretty quiet, considering they'll be up in the air most of the time. Unless the video is really misleading about noise, this won't be an insane nuisance.
smoyer 9y ago
It's definitely going to be noisier than a car because of the propeller noise. Small aircraft don't generally have mufflers on their engines, so a gasoline powered aircraft will have both propeller noise and engine noise that are greater than that of a modern automobile (imagine your car without a muffler or even much of an exhaust pipe - no, not you Tesla owners).
- davidcbc 9y ago
  The video specifically mentions that they are fully electric. It isn't a gasoline powered aircraft.
  - smoyer 9y ago
    Yes ... my point was that it was going to be quieter than a gasoline powered airplane and noisier than a car. As an aside, I suspect the "buzzing" noise made by the propellers was attenuated in the video post production.

peteretep 9y ago

If it has the same noise profile as a current consumer camera zone, I want none of these things anywhere near me.

onion2k 9y ago

Sound in videos is rarely recorded on location. What you hear when you're watching probably bares no relation to the real world at all. Also, it may be fine when there's one of them. When there's 50 coming and going from a popular tourist spot it'd be a very different story.

londons_explore 9y ago

When flying horizontally, I can imagine it is quite quiet. While taking off and landing, I expect it to be very noisy and cause a lot of wind. With work, the landing and takeoff could be very fast - maybe just a couple of seconds until it starts to get up to speed and can use the quiet wings rather than noisy tiny propellers.