Rick6a
Well Known Member
Call me old school, but the jaded pulse quickens when I hear the unmistakeable roar of a radial engine going about its no-nonsense work or a Rolls Royce Merlin engine powering that vintage P-51. For that matter, any smooth running Lycoming sounds like the real airplane engine should sound. That's because it is an airplane engine. Throaty. Meaty. Decisive. Masculine. Purposeful. Businesslike. I would no more put a car engine in my airplane as I would put an airplane engine in my car. I'm not that conflicted. If I wanted my airplane to mimic a car, I'd put another wheel on it and add turn signals. Feather ruffling time.....have you ever really heard the....ahem....distinctive and rather delicate falsetto sound of a popular automotive powered RV fly overhead? Good Gawd. Time for cucumber sandwiches, rice cakes, and Oolong tea.
Rick Galati RV-6A "Darla
Rick Galati RV-6A "Darla