X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:47:35 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.17] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.0) with ESMTP id 5062996 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:28:14 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.17; envelope-from=j.hafen@comcast.net Received: from omta24.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.76]) by qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id CLCf1h00B1ei1Bg5ALTg7K; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:27:40 +0000 Received: from [10.0.1.5] ([98.247.32.164]) by omta24.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id CLTD1h0143YUFXm3kLTFW5; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:27:15 +0000 From: John Hafen Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-10-458466995 Subject: Re: [LML] Sound insulation for Lancair 4p X-Original-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:27:12 -0700 In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: X-Original-Message-Id: <186B7ACA-F3C3-4882-9A2E-4186D5AD9369@comcast.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) --Apple-Mail-10-458466995 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Ron: The IVP screams like hell in the assent. It's a good sound. Power. = Climb. Gross inefficiency. Major fuel burn. The all American way. It chills out in cruse. And gets even more quiet in the descent. But the down side / disadvantage of all that quiet, is that you are not = burning hardly any dinosaur juice at all. Which, depending on your = political persuasion, is either good news or bad news.=20 Without adding more weight than your already overly heavy IVP can stand, = you cannot quiet the IVP enough for climb-out. Give up. Kind of like being married. You just deal with it. You can't make your bird heavy enough and quiet enough to make it quiet = on climb-out. You don't want to be that heavy. It is a noisy frigging airplane. Again, kind of like being married. = It's just noisy. Consider an investment in Noise Canceling Headset = technology (I wear one around the house). Way cheaper than making the = airplane quiet. John Hafen IVP N413AJ 300+ hours j.hafen@comcast.net =20 On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:06 PM, RONALD STEVENS wrote: Hello guys I am still doing training and getting the last bugs out of the plane = here in Redmond, but one of the first things I like to do when I am back = in Florida is getting the Garmin GTN750 and getting more sound = Insulation as I think the cabin is kind of noisy. Specially in climb it does. Funny enough it is the least noisy in = descent=85=85 Do you know of any good shops specialized in sound insulation? Thanks -- Ronald, 12 hours and counting=85 Ps Yes door seal is fine :)~=20 --Apple-Mail-10-458466995 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 j.hafen@comcast.net

On Jul 25, 2011, at 1:06 PM, RONALD = STEVENS wrote:

Hello = guys

I am still doing training and getting the = last bugs out of the plane here in Redmond, but one of the first things = I like to do when I am back in Florida is getting the Garmin GTN750 and = getting more sound Insulation as I think the cabin is kind of = noisy.

Specially in climb it does. Funny enough = it is the least noisy in descent=85=85

Do you = know of any good shops specialized in sound insulation? = Thanks

-- Ronald, 12 hours and = counting=85

Ps Yes door seal is fine = :)~

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