RE: Is noise really the problem....?
If the noise problem was somehow solved as in planes could be made totally silent, those who have no use for our hobby/sport would more than likely find some other reason to complain. I firmly have much reason to believe that the alleged irritating noise our engines make is simply a pretext that the non modeler public uses to (in their minds) make the neighborhood skies safer by getting rid of those noisy and dangerous toys that grown men should grow up and not be playing with.
CCR