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bigd asked in Cars & TransportationAircraft · 1 decade ago

How loud is a helicopter inside the cockpit?

If you could please let me know the decibel level inside the cockpit of a helicopter.

Update:

I'm talking about one of those helicopters that take you on a tour over glaciers in Alaska. Or a helicopter similar to that.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    headphones advisable.

    they should issue them to you.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I've only ever flown in a Bell 47 with no doors. LOUD does not begin to describe the noise. You have a basically unmuffled piston engine directly behind your seat plus all the drive transmission noise. And then there is the sound of the rotor head and the blades. There are no doors and there is definitely no sound insulation. My pilot was wearing earplugs and a headset at the time. I just had earplugs.

  • Tina Leonova
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I've flown in a couple of passenger helicopters (e.g. Sikorsky S76), and the sound level was loud enough that you couldn't really talk to people. Not painful, not likely to immediately damage your hearing, but definitely not conversation-friendly.

  • ewizard09
    1 decade ago

    depends on if we are talking about a trainer or a pave-low. Any where between 90 and 150 db

  • Warbird Pilot
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Very.

    You'll have headsets on.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    hmm

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