Forums59
Topics1,040,152
Posts13,976,416
Members144,228
|
Most Online39,925 Dec 30th, 2023
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12298997
06/18/17 02:57 AM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557
Lloyd5
OP
Pro Angler
|
OP
Pro Angler
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557 |
Are they legal? Is there a noise limit by law? Is a noise that is loud enough to cause hearing damage legal?
Gun ranges are legal, but they aren't shooting thirty feet away from the general public.
What else, what other hobby, is as loud as airboats and that close to the public? Comparisons anyone? Anything?
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299068
06/18/17 04:22 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 7,060
SC-001
TFF Celebrity
|
TFF Celebrity
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 7,060 |
I know there are some brazos river homeowners trying to get airboats outlawed on basis of noise ordinance, kayakers aren't too fond of them either.
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Gamblinman]
#12299145
06/18/17 11:53 AM
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 325
Captain Yakker
Angler
|
Angler
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 325 |
Regulating entities should require mufflers of some type with a decibel limit on lake and rivers. That shouldn't be too much to ask so other folks can enjoy their time on the lake or get some sleep at night. It's too bad they can't do something about the megawatt stereos with large speakers pointing backwards on the modern ski boats. Too many wanna be thugs around my lake blasting obscene lyrics where all the kiddos fishing on the bank can hear it. Just another spoke in the, "total lack of respect for others" wheel that has become our society norm. In all honesty, I'd rather deal with an airboat passing by than the [censored] I mentioned above.
Fishin' to stock Lake Crisco.
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299189
06/18/17 12:34 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 30,325
RedRanger
burro desagradable
|
burro desagradable
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 30,325 |
Maybe you should get some ear plugs if it bothers you that much Really? That's what you actually think? You sound like an angry old man Get ear plugs or cover your ears when they pass
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299199
06/18/17 12:41 PM
|
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 12,214
Cast
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 12,214 |
What do you do at the shooting range? Just get some hearing protection and fish in peace. I've got some for the range that let you hear normally until a loud noise and then kick in. Turn them around and they suppress everything. And they're cheap.
Cast I have a short attention spa
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: RedRanger]
#12299299
06/18/17 02:19 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557
Lloyd5
OP
Pro Angler
|
OP
Pro Angler
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557 |
Maybe you should get some ear plugs if it bothers you that much Really? That's what you actually think? You sound like an angry old man Get ear plugs or cover your ears when they pass Ad hominem? That's what you contribute?
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Cast]
#12299303
06/18/17 02:22 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557
Lloyd5
OP
Pro Angler
|
OP
Pro Angler
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557 |
What do you do at the shooting range? Just get some hearing protection and fish in peace. I've got some for the range that let you hear normally until a loud noise and then kick in. Turn them around and they suppress everything. And they're cheap. While that may be an efficacious thing to do it doesn't speak to the violence being perpetrated by the thrill seekers that have no concern for other people for pleasure, does it? When pleasure seeking causes damage to bystanders, you'd think it would be apparent that something is wrong. Instead I keep hearing (no pun intended) to protect myself and live with it. Let me try it this way: 1. Does airboat noise damage hearing? 2. Can airboat noise be reduced? If you can not legitimately answer "no" to either of these two questions - then answer why the airboaters should not quieten their boats.
Last edited by Lloyd5; 06/18/17 02:46 PM.
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299332
06/18/17 02:54 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 10,770
Fishin' Nut
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 10,770 |
Ear plugs. There are ones that have a cord that fits around your neck. You have plenty of time to temporarily insert them before the airboat arrives.
I'm about to switch to night fishing on Guntersville. That lake is covered in airboats with bowfishers. I keep a pair handy with me and have no problem with them enjoying themselves.
He is truly a sick individual.
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Fishin' Nut]
#12299356
06/18/17 03:15 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557
Lloyd5
OP
Pro Angler
|
OP
Pro Angler
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557 |
Ear plugs. There are ones that have a cord that fits around your neck. You have plenty of time to temporarily insert them before the airboat arrives.
I'm about to switch to night fishing on Guntersville. That lake is covered in airboats with bowfishers. I keep a pair handy with me and have no problem with them enjoying themselves. 1. Does airboat noise damage hearing? 2. Can airboat noise be reduced? If you can not legitimately answer "no" to either of these two questions - then answer why the airboaters should not quieten their boats.
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299357
06/18/17 03:16 PM
|
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 27,593
Uncle Zeek
aka "Dad"
|
aka "Dad"
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 27,593 |
I'm not a big fan of people doing things that are harmful to others, like creating noise at levels high enough to damage one's hearing. But I do see a difference between running an airboat within a prescribed distance of someone's home (particularly at night!) vs running it up & down an unpopulated river or creek area.
"Decency is not news; it is buried in the obituaries --but it is a force stronger than crime" ~ Robert A. Heinlein Artim Law Firm, PLLC Estate planning & tax attorney 2250 Morriss Road, Suite 205, Flower Mound, Texas 75028 972-746-0758 mobile zac@artimlegal.com
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299368
06/18/17 03:24 PM
|
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 1,665
Muzzlebrake
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 1,665 |
Most of the noise is from the propeller. When the blade tip goes supersonic the sound goes way way up since the prop tip speed is breaking the sound barrier. There are prop designs that lower the noise level and these should be the only kind allowed. Of course there are those that want a dragster motor with open straight exhaust and think the louder they are the faster they go. There are some that run Red River below Denison dam and you can hear them all the down river to the Hwy 78 bridge. That's about 10-12 miles as a crow flies.
Last edited by Muzzlebrake; 06/18/17 03:25 PM.
From Genesis: "And God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the earth."
Then He made the earth round...and He laughed and laughed and laughed!
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299376
06/18/17 03:30 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557
Lloyd5
OP
Pro Angler
|
OP
Pro Angler
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 557 |
I'm having a hard time with the "put in ear plugs" crowd. These airboaters are flipping you off every time they go by and these ear plug folks seem to be saying bend over and take it with a smile.
Am I misunderstanding them?
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299386
06/18/17 03:39 PM
|
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 11,172
9094
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 11,172 |
So you like it when a dragster runs up and own your street? It's legal...and you can cover your ears... Really dumb comparison. They are legal on any street. Dragsters do not run legal fuel, are run with open headers and are not inspected of licensed. Not even legal to start up in a driveway. My recommendation would be for you to find somewhere else to fish.
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: TCK73]
#12299389
06/18/17 03:41 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 2,157
Blues
Extreme Angler
|
Extreme Angler
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 2,157 |
Maybe you should get some ear plugs if it bothers you that much Really? That's what you actually think? Yes And another. Keep a pair handy and when you start hearing the airboat, you probably have 3 minutes to cover your ears. No biggie. And another. Can't say that I like the noise from them, but I definitely don't think we should make people stop doing what they like just because it's an inconvenience. Too much of that in this world. "I don't like what you're doing, how you're acting, what you think.....etc.... so let's make you change because it bothers me."......B.s. that's not the kind of person I like to around. My neighbor rides a souped up Harley Davidson. He's a prison guard that leaves to work at 4:30 or 5am, his bike is ungodly loud, should I try to make him sale it or try to get him in trouble for it???
|
|
Re: Air Boat Noise
[Re: Lloyd5]
#12299398
06/18/17 03:50 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 16,073
KidKrappie
TFF Guru
|
TFF Guru
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 16,073 |
Ear plugs would solve your problem.
|
|
Moderated by banker-always fishing, chickenman, Derek 🐝, Duck_Hunter, Fish Killer, J-2, Jacob, Jons3825, JustWingem, Nocona Brian, Toon-Troller, Uncle Zeek, Weekender1
|