BLACK BOX

INTRODUCTION
It is an electronics device used to record
any instructions and specific aircraft performance
parameters.It record's specific aircraft
performance parameters and conversations in
the cockpit.A black box consist of FDR & CVR .

History
The first prototype FDR was made in 1956 By
DAVID WARREN in aeronautical research laboratories
of Melbourne , Australia .

Construction

The Exterior of the FDR is coated with heatresistant Bright Red paint. The unit is usually
mounted in the aircrafts empennage (tail section).

In airline accidents, the only devices that survive are the

Crash-survivable memory units (CSMUs) of the flight
data recorder and cockpit voice recorders. Typically, the
rest of the recorders' chassis and inner components are
mangledThree layers of materials in CSMU:
Aluminum housing
High-temperature insulation
Stainless-steel shell

Difference between cvr and fdr

Flight Data Recorder

Time recorded
Number of
parameters :
Impact tolerance :
Fire resistance :
Water pressure
resistance :
Underwater locator
beacon :

25 hour continuous
18 - 1000+
3400Gs / 6.5 ms
1100 degC / 30 min
submerged 20,000 ft
37.5 KHz; battery has shelf life of 6 years or more, with 30day operation capability upon activation

Cockpit Voice Recorder

Time recorded :
30 min continuous, 2 hours for solid state digital units
Number of channels
4
Impact tolerance :
3400Gs / 6.5 ms
Fire resistance:
1100 degC / 30 min
Water pressure
submerged 20,000 ft
resistance :
Underwater locator
37.5 KHz; battery has shelf life of 6 years or more, with 30beacon :
day operation capability upon activation

Type of black box

MAGNETIC TAPES
This technology was introduced in late `1960s
and made magnetic tapes a recording medium up to
the introduction of solid state technology .CVR & FDR
records over the oldest data with the newest data in
an endless loop recording pattern .Then DFDRS
were introduced which can record at 64 12-bit data
per seconds. But it was limited to flights having
digital avionics like Boeing 767 & airbus A320 . In this
technology it can record up to 30 min of data.
SOLID STATE
The introduction of this technology expanded
recording capacity , enhanced crash\fire survivability
and improved recording reliability .It can record up to
64 12 bit data words per seconds or four times the
capacity of magnetic tapes in DFDRs.It can records up
to 25 hours of flight data .