BLACK BOX TESTING

KANIKA GULATI
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 CONTENT:
Introduction
History
Inside The Black Box
Flight Data Recorder
Cockpit Voice Recorders
Technology used for Recording and Storage
Built To Survive
Testing a CSMU
Retrieving Information
Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
The Black Box is a flight data recorder used
to record specific aircraft performance
parameters.
Bright orange colour.
HISTORY

The first prototype of FDR was produced in 1956 by Dr.

David Warren in the then Aeronautical Research
Laboratories of Melbourne, Australia.

Australia became the first country in the world to make

Black Box mandatory for all commercial aircraft.
 INSIDE THE BLACK BOX :

Flight Data Recorder (FDR)

Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)

Flight Data Recorders

The Flight data recorder (FDR) is designed to record the

operating data from the plane's systems.
Data stored on the recordershelp Air Crash Investigators
generate computer video reconstruction of a file.
Parameters Recorded By Most
FDRs:
Time
Pressure at altitude
Airspeed
Vertical acceleration
Magnetic heading
Control-column position
Rudder-pedal position
Control-wheel position
Horizontal stabilizer
Fuel flow
Cockpit Voice Recorders:

CVR is designed to track the conversations of the flight

crew.
Located in the tail of a plane.
Determines the timing of event as it contains
information such as communication between the
crew and ground control and other aircraft.
ULB (Underwater Locator
Beacon)
To help locate the Cockpit Voice
Recorder and a Flight Data Recorder in
the aftermath of the plane crash that
occurs at sea , each recorder has a
device fitted to it known as
UNDERWATER LOCATOR BEACON.
 The Positions Of The Four
Microphones:
Pilot's headset

Co-pilot's headset

Headset of a third crew member (if there is a third crew

member)

Near the center of the cockpit, where it can pick up audio

alerts and other sounds
Technology used for Recording
and Storage:

Magnetic Tape

Solid-State Technology
 Built To Survive:

In many airline accidents,

the only devices that
survive are the Crash-
survivable memory units
(CSMUs) of the flight data
recorders and cockpit
voice recorders. Typically,
the rest of the recorders
chassis and inner
components are damaged.
Testing a CSMU
There are several tests that make up the crash-
survival sequence:
Crash impact
Fire test
Fluid immersion
Deep-sea submersion
Salt-water submersion
Pin drop
Static crush
Retrieving Information:
CONCLUSION:
From the data of Black Box we can understand that how
the information about aircraft crashes is analyzed &
unanswered questions are answered.
ANY QUESTIONS ?
THANKYOU