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jeffbee 6 days ago

Engines in modern aircraft are phase-locked, though.

mrob 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

The majority of the engine noise is caused by the turbulent mixing of the exhaust with the surrounding air. Turbulence is chaotic, so even if the engines are phase locked the sound rapidly becomes incoherent.

Toutouxc 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Do you have a source for that? I’ve heard about something that some twin-props have, but definitely not jets. The engines don’t even run at the same RPM.

jeffbee 6 days ago | parent [-]

https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6356085

It is what the "Sync" switch on the panel does.

Toutouxc 6 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, but it seems like no turbofan synchrophaser systems have been implemented yet. Only on turboprops.

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/71738/is-engine...

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