Saw this Twin turbo-pusher prop private plane taking off from SNA the other week
Posted by Shelikescloth@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 33 comments
Had a cool chrome paint job but I had no idea what it was. Haven’t seen a private plane like it before
Deer-in-Motion@reddit
Piaggio Avanti P.180.
Phalanx000@reddit
RIP ear drums
DreadnautVS@reddit
No where near as bad as the MU2.
Gutter_Snoop@reddit
Metroliner has entered the chat
DreadnautVS@reddit
Garrett has joined the call
idahotee@reddit
My buddy lives under the flight path of our local airport and for a time, some rich guy was constantly flying in on his Beechcraft Starship. He hated that thing with a passion due to noise.
PL_Teiresias@reddit
I see and hear a Starship flying into ABIA near me occasionally.
flopjul@reddit
I live under a major flightpad for Schiphol(eastbound) but i have never had problems with it. 747s and 787s are amazing to hear
rodface@reddit
what a problem to have
TheWildLemon12@reddit
I saw it the other day taking off as well. Super cool!
seahawk_nycfan@reddit
Incredibly loud. I unfortunately live under the departure path of SNA. Even at 3k ft my entire house is still shaking whenever this guy departs.
Shelikescloth@reddit (OP)
What is the advantage of the twin push prop layout compared to just regular twin jets?
mz_groups@reddit
Makes the cabin quieter - at the cost of making the outside louder. Hartzell scimitar props have partially remedied the exterior noise.
Horror-Raisin-877@reddit
The advantages are mostly theoretical, and very difficult to realize practically. The cleaner flow over the wing is balanced by the loss of prop efficiency (due to its location in an airflow disturbed by the wing, and by the efflux from its own turbine).
SierraVictoriaCharli@reddit
Speed of a biz jet at king air fuel burns. It's got brilliant aerodynamics.
66hans66@reddit
It's not really a matter of advantage. It's a matter of where to stick them on a highly optimised airframe like this
Also, cleaner airflow over the aircraft.
francis2559@reddit
also iirc putting the props that far back meant less cabin noise.
NoobButJustALittle@reddit
This plane's thing is to achieve laminar airflow over as much of its surface as possible which should make it very economical to fly. Props in the front would disturb that airflow on the surfaces they're blowing over, so the props are in the back.
superspeck@reddit
It’s a very fast turboprop aircraft that is more fuel efficient than a twin jet, but not quite as fast as one.
2beatenup@reddit
Cheaper, more efficient… this one almost goes 400+ and almost as high. But loud and a tad bit slower.
Specs and comparisons are all over the internet.
Beautiful bird.
Mildly-Rational@reddit
Italians make some good looking machines no doubt there.
bake_gatari@reddit
We need a "it's always a Piaggio Avanti" subreddit.
teslawhaleshark@reddit
It's kind of a douchemobile too, last time one made the news because a Qaren flew to 1/6 on one
ReadyplayerParzival1@reddit
Fly with Owen is probably pic based on the n number sigh
New-General-9114@reddit
Avanti Piaggio…
girl_incognito@reddit
Op got catfished
JimfromMayberry@reddit
Tongue-twister…twin-turbo pusher-prop plane…neat
fizzygoats@reddit
40+ year old design that should have went obsolete years ago except the Italian taxpayers bailed them out.
fromkentucky@reddit
Why obsolete?
DreadnautVS@reddit
Pasta Rocket
rodface@reddit
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Avanti!
Visible_Noise1850@reddit
Sugaaaah lobstahh
Cetophile@reddit
The Flying Catfish!