Hearing approaching aircraft engine

[SShrike]

Based on true physics, should a pilot really be able to hear an approaching aircraft engine from inside the cockpit with his engine at high revolutions??

[SCG_motoadve]

1 hour ago, SShrike said:

Based on true physics, should a pilot really be able to hear an approaching aircraft engine from inside the cockpit with his engine at high revolutions??

Absolutely not.

Not even flying formation 5 ft apart.

[Yogiflight]

6 hours ago, SCG_motoadve said:

Absolutely not.

Not even flying formation 5 ft apart.

Or the aircraft warning sirenes of an airfield he is flying over.

[IckyATLAS]

On 2/16/2022 at 12:19 AM, Yogiflight said:

Or the aircraft warning sirenes of an airfield he is flying over.

Forget it. In a high speed pass on an airfield in a fighter the engine sound inside the cockpit is just terrible. You have 1'500/2'000 hp roaring at 2mt from you and in a metallic plane that is like an amplifier.

To that you have to add propeller noise and the fast airflow around the plane. The Pilot has his ears covered to protect from the sheer noise. No way he can hear anything.

Maybe if you put the siren against the windshield he may hear something ? .

 

[Yogiflight]

2 hours ago, IckyATLAS said:

Forget it. In a high speed pass on an airfield in a fighter the engine sound inside the cockpit is just terrible. You have 1'500/2'000 hp roaring at 2mt from you and in a metallic plane that is like an amplifier.

To that you have to add propeller noise and the fast airflow around the plane. The Pilot has his ears covered to protect from the sheer noise. No way he can hear anything.

Maybe if you put the siren against the windshield he may hear something ? .

 

Absolutely agreed. I was tank commander of a 600hp IFV. When the engine is running and you have your headset on, there is not a lot you will hear over the engine. Of course the radio and the guns. But even when unbuttoned you don't need ear protection when the 20mm is shooting. Only in the older versions, I experienced at the beginning of my time as TC, the turret machinegun gave me absolute thrills, when shooting, as its muzzle was about half a meter from my left ear and the high frequency of its firing was absolutely anoying.

[SShrike]

I hope this is addressed in a future update.