Piper Cheyenne II

[HLJames 2,568]

Great shots of a powerful twin....very nice cross country...short ORBX airfields no problems!

HLJAMES

[ryanbatc 12,836]

Does anyone else notice that the climb performance is amazing?

[Steve Dra 7,588]

On 4/4/2017 at 6:55 AM, scottb613 said:

Hi Folks,

Skully - very cool video - noticed old Chuckie boy had those engine gauges well out of the green...

Steve - yeah - I was the electronic warfare guy when the boat was at PD (Periscope Depth) - when training with you guys I was always "sitting the stack" sniffing the air for your radar sigs... APS-121 on helo's ? The S-3's (APS-116 ?) always seemed the most deadly to us - they could be on top of you quick seemingly out of nowhere - I don't know how battle groups get by without the fast response of the "Hoover" and it's very long legs today... Yeah - we've been at this a while - now I seem to recall we had some discussions - started with Air Tran or something - LOL - tough getting older... Always a pleasure...

Regards,
Scott

 

Hey Scott....we never had radar on them when I was working on them...

Hoovers fly over my house all the time when i was station in JAX....will never get that "whooooooop" sound that earned them the name "Hoover" out of my head.  I thought it was a very cool plane!

I think we may have had an Air Tran discussion....hehe can't remember

[scottb613 1,188]

6 hours ago, Steve Dra said:

Hoovers fly over my house all the time when i was station in JAX....will never get that "whooooooop" sound that earned them the name "Hoover" out of my head.  I thought it was a very cool plane!

Hi Steve,

YES - used to stand watch on our boat right under the flight line in Point Loma (San Diego) the traffic from North Island would pass right over our heads and those S-3's "Whooooooped" all the time - I've always been curious - even posted over on AOPA - but nobody knew what I was talking about - I was curious what actually caused that sound - are they backing off the throttles or something - it would start right after takeoff ? Oddest sound I've ever heard emanate from a plane...

Regards,
Scott

[Steve Dra 7,588]

3 hours ago, scottb613 said:

Hi Steve,

YES - used to stand watch on our boat right under the flight line in Point Loma (San Diego) the traffic from North Island would pass right over our heads and those S-3's "Whooooooped" all the time - I've always been curious - even posted over on AOPA - but nobody knew what I was talking about - I was curious what actually caused that sound - are they backing off the throttles or something - it would start right after takeoff ? Oddest sound I've ever heard emanate from a plane...

Regards,
Scott

Ask and the internet (and youtube) givith...(for those wondering what the heck Scott and I are referring to)

S3 engine "Whooooooop"

Its clearly happening when they are manipulating the throttles....I'd say it has has to do with the design of the engine cowlings and the way the air flows at certain speeds/AOA's, etc.

 At least the sound is humorous/un-painful...not like Garrett Research's on MU2s and Turbo Commanders, and a few other planes I can't recall....stand by one of those for a minute without hearing protection and you had a headache and ringing in your ears for hours! (as well as F-16s)

[skully 1,045]

It appears that Carenado have listened and they are building the PA42 Cheyenne III.

I wonder why not the 400 LS Cheyenne IV though?

https://www.facebook.com/Carenado/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf