alt Hacker NewsCurious, would electric flight be significantly quieter such that airport noise is significantly less of an issue?
Or is the noise from turbulence through the air or something? I honestly would think they'd be minimising turbulence anyway for energy efficiency.
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marcosdumay • today at 1:53 AM
Most of it is due to turbulence. But that doesn't mean that a different engine can't make the plane have a completely different noise profile.
Somewhat quieter, but not by much. We’re talking about prop planes here, where the prop is the noisy part.