"Pusher configurations - especially pusher turboprops like the Piaggio Avanti are noisy"
From a passenger perspective?
Why is this, Aerodynamics?
I would have thought that a pusher configuration would have been a net benefit from a passenger noise POV, and aerodynamics wouldn't make much difference on the ground, would they???
I've never been lucky enough to fly in an Avanti, but the noise comes from the turbine exhaust being interrupted at 2000 RPM times 5 blades per revolution. Other pushers I've heard, such as a Skymaster and Long-EZ also make that noise so it may have more to do with the prop being in turbulent air. It's very distinctive.
From a passenger perspective?
Why is this, Aerodynamics?
I would have thought that a pusher configuration would have been a net benefit from a passenger noise POV, and aerodynamics wouldn't make much difference on the ground, would they???