RE: Does your club noise test turbine jets?
Noise problems are only a problem if someone complains and that usually would be a neighbor to the flying site. In our case we have NEVER had a complaint about noise from our jets, but several complaints with the very large 3D type gas burners doing 3D type flying without proper mufflers or prop size. In fact during one of the complaints face to face with a neighbor who was speaking on behalf of several other neighbors they had no problems or complaints about the jets in the air. Sure they are loud in the pits and on the ground but once in flight they are actually pretty quite compared to the 40%+ size birds.