Vibrations on the plane
 

Any ideas what the best way is to cushion the vibrations of the floor on the plane? I find that it makes me feel quite "tired" even after a domestic flight lol :rolleyes:

1. Don't sleep or sit on the floor
2. Don't fly

Ok, to be serious for a moment, I'm not sure what you mean exactly. Do you mean the vibrations that the plane makes, or movements of the floor from people walking around or something else?

Ask the captain nicely to turn the engines off :)

or seriously there is anti-vibration matting available, generally used by people who stand all day working machine tools. Probably a pain to carry around though.

Its the vibration of the floor when the engines are on lol.... I just thought there might be products like the anti vibration mats that are portable. The pillow will need to do lol

Just pretend you're on a ship. It work for some people (including myself) ;)

Do a google search for sorbothane mat and see what comes up. Sorbothane is a very good vibration damping material.

My uneducated theory is that the bigger the aircraft, and the nearer the front you are/furthest from the engines, the less noticeable the floor vibrations are. So 787s, A380s, UD 747s are the place to be. 777-200 don't half rattle. Were you looking for a rationale for travelling First?

If you think BA's aircraft rattle and vibrate, try flying on a C-130 :)

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I had 20 years on them.

Did some work with Cranfield when the J was introduced as it was even worse.

A380 UD gets the noticeable floor flexing when someone walks, so the OP might not like it.

It doesn't bother me, they send me to sleep rapidly! I tend to find if you sit just infront/behind where the propeller will come through if it detaches to be the easiest places to fall asleep.

!!? Is that a frequent occurrence?

I'm not sure I'd get much rest in that position. :p

Too right. They made the C-130 one of the quietest turboprops flying by simply re-directing all the noise to the interior of the aircraft.

But vibes on jets are the real thing. I've had a few of my cameras in the shop because the high-frequency vibrations on jet aircraft managed to shake loose the odd screw or rivet. The tech would hand it back with "Been flying a bit of long-haul, have we?"

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/...g-9850897.html

In fairness to the type (which I fly on a couple times a month), it looks like the blade was lost when the plane was skidding down the runway during an emergency landing -- not in mid-air.

This doesn't exactly help, but I find wearing noise cancelling headphones makes you notice it a lot less. As cws though, do try to avoid 777-200s. It's someone's trying to crack through your skull with a pneumatic drill.