# Remote controlled airplane

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-controlled-airplane/16405>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 8, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-controlled-airplane/16405 "2008-07-08T15:19:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kellyc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kellyc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kellyc)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-controlled-airplane/16405/1 "2008-07-08T15:19:17Z")

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I drive a 2003 Buick Regal. Recently it sounds like a remote controlled airplane hwen I accelerate. I don’t hear the sound when at idle. Whazzup?  
  
  
  
 Might be related or a completely different problem. When going from stop to accelerate or vice versa, I hear a muffled “pop” (like finger in the cheek pop).

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**Author:** ![cappy208](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cappy208/32/31_2.png) [@cappy208](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cappy208)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-controlled-airplane/16405/2 "2008-07-08T15:49:48Z")

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hole in muffler or exhaust system.

gee i thought this was going to be an interesting question about RC airplanes!

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-controlled-airplane/16405/3 "2008-07-08T15:58:40Z")

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Any bucking/jerking or Check Engine Light on, or CEL flashing, etc? Idle smooth? How many miles on the car?  
Some more info would help.

Making a wild guess with the current info it sounds like you have a severe engine miss that is popping back through the intake and that could be any one of a hundred things but without info it’s tough to even make a wild guess.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/remote-controlled-airplane/16405/4 "2008-07-08T16:29:35Z")

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Like cappy I was looking forward to hearing about your airplanes.

The buzzing noise may be from the exhaust or simply a loose heat shield. Should be easy to locate when the car is on the lift.