First flight of the Airbus A321XLR with up to 4700 NM range

Re:First flight of the Airbus A321XLR with up to 4700 NM range by usr1106 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @08:01PM (#31760998)

The A220 emits very strange engine noises in some phases of the flight. Personally I must say I find them very unpleasant. My wild guess it's the gear fan.

It doesn't help to know that their have quite some engine problems. Although objectively I doubt the noises and engine failures are related.

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Re:First flight of the Airbus A321XLR with up to 4700 NM range by thecosmicfrog on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @08:21PM (#31761136)

You mean the "whale song"? It's just a quirk of the Pratt and Whitney PW1000G series at low power settings. The same engine family is fitted to new Airbus A320neos and makes the same sound. Examples:

https://youtu.be/Eeq4rYQUozY

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Re:First flight of the Airbus A321XLR with up to 4700 NM range by usr1106 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:37AM (#31762746)

Ah, I didn't know it's called whale song, but yes that's what I mean. Low power setting might be correct, I think you hear that typically in approach phase. I have been flying with many types planes from Vickers propeller, Caravelle, 727, L-1011, 717 and its predecessors to 747-8, A350, Dreamliner, but I never remember hearing a sound making me feel so uncomfortable. Despite the fact that the old ones were uncomfortably loud. After over 40 years of flying I nearly thought, now I can understand people suffering from flying anxiety.

Don't remember hearing it on a A320 neo, but I guess they come with 2 engine options?

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