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Clayburn Park.
In order to continue being good corporate citizens we are attempting to conduct noise readings on all planes flown. Plus a few alternate sources for comparison. I have just purchased a sound meter so will update this page on a regular basis.
Readings will be taken at approximately 3 metres outside the flying circle and from the road (approx 90 m.). All readings are on the "A" scale. All model readings are maximums. Engines that have previously been recorded and have not been altered are not retested. For quantitative purposes only my meter's readings will be used.
| Date | Pilot | Club | Engine/Motor & Muffler | Db @ takeoff | Db in flight | Db @ road |
| 24 May 2015 | Denis C. | VGMC | L.A. 46 - stock | 82 | 76 | |
| Paul B. | PAC | Fox 35 | 85 | 82 | ||
| Hube S. | PAC | Saito 56 four stroke - stock | 80 | 77 | ||
| Larry L. | PAC | Turnigy 3548 (electric) | 58 | |||
| 28 Jun 2015 | readings taken but not recorded. | |||||
| 23 Aug 2015 | ambient sound min = 37.5 | |||||
| Clayburn Road typical at road | 67 - 70 | |||||
| Clayburn Road typical from flying site | 43 - 48 | |||||
| full scale single engine (jump plane) | 60 | |||||
| Bob H. | PAC | OS FP 40 - stock | 78.5 | 72.5 | * | |
| OS LA 46 - stock with extension | 78 | 73 | * | |||
| OS LA 25 - stock | 80 | 74 | * | |||
| Fox 35 - stock | 85 (88) | 78 (82) | ||||
| Hube S. | PAC | Saito 56 four stroke - stock | 80 (80) | 75.5 (77) | * | |
| Saito 40 four stroke - stock | 78.5 | * | ||||
| 13 Sept 2015 | Paul B. | PAC | OS LA 25 - stock | 80 | 78 | 58 |
| Fox 35 - OS stock ** | 83 | 80 | ||||
| Barrie S. | PAC | OS FP 35 - tongue | 80.5 | 80 | 62.5 | |
| Henry H. | PAC | OS FP 20 - tongue | 83 | 81 | ||
| Larry B. | PAC | Fox 35 - stock | 85 | 83 | ||
| OS FP 35 - stock | 76 | |||||
| Platius Turbo Porter (@ altitude) Jump plane | 68 | |||||
| 27 Sept 2015 | Barrie S. | PAC | Evolution 36 - tongue | 84.5 | 82.5 | |
| Clayburn Road motorcycle from flying site | 68 | |||||
| 10 Oct 2015 | Denis | VGMC | Fox 15 - no muffler | 88 + | ||
| Sharma Diesel - no muffler | 81 | |||||
| 25 Oct. 2015 | No new engines | |||||
| Paul B.'s meter readings. (Radio Shack) () indicates readings taken by Larry B. on a smart phone app. * indicates an attempted reading from the parking lot (road) but background noise from the road prevented a successful reading. ** The muffler came loose with a reading of 88 before landing. + Indicates an engine the owner has determined to produce excessive noise. |  |
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