CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
HISTORY
CONSTRUCTION
COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER
TECHNOLOGY USED
WORKING OF FDR
THE FUTURE OF FDR
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
INTRODUCTION
It is an instrument used to
record instructions send to
any electronics system of
aircraft.
It records specific
parameters of performance
of aircraft.
One more important
component is CVR.
HISTORY
The first prototype FDR
was made in 1956 by
DAVID WARREN in
aeronautical research
laboratory of Australia.
CONSTRUCTION [BUILT TO SURVIVE]
In airline accident, the only
device that survivable the
Crash Survivable Memory
Units of flight data
recorder and Cockpit voice
recorder
The layers of materials in
CSMU:
Aluminium housing
Hight temp. insulation
Stainless-steel shell
PARAMETERS RECORDED BY FDR
.
.
Time
Pressure altitude
Air speed
Vertical acceleration
Magnetic heading
Fuel flow
Horizontal stabilizer
Control column position
Control wheel position
Rudder pedal position
COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER
It records the audio environment in the flight deck
of an aircraft for the purpose of accidents and
incidents.
This is typically achieved by recording the signals
of microphone and earphones of the pilots
headset, copilots headset and microphones in the
roof of cockpit where it can pick up audio alerts
and other sound.
FDR and CVR together form BLACK BOX.
TECHNOLOGY USED
MAGNETIC TAPES SOLID STATE
TECHNOLOGY

It can record upto 30

minute of data. It can record upto 25 hours
of data.
Testing a CSMU
There are various tests that make up the cash survival
sequence.
Crash impact
Pin drop
Static crush
Fire test
Deep-sea-submersion
Salt water submersion
Fluid immersion
WORKING OF FDR
Underwater locator Beacon(ULB)
Submergence sensor on
the side of the beacon.
Generate pulses at 37.7
kHz.
Generate sound as deep
as 14,000 feet.
The beacon cannot be
heard by human earut
can be easily detected by
sonar.
RETRIEVING INFORMATION
This portable device can allow quick access to the data
on the BLACK BOX.
Retrieval of FDR.
Retrieval of CVR.
Once the beacon starts pinging, it pings once per
second for 30 days.
THE FUTURE OF BLACK BOXEX
The NTSB has been
trying to implement
video capabilities in
black box system.
Black boxes such as EDR
can be used in vehicles.
Online streaming from
airplanes to base station.
ADVANTAGES
It is very useful for accident investigations.
The mistakes or error can be avoided in other aircrafts.
DISADVANTAGES
The voice recorder only captures the final last two
hours.
The battery life is short.
It is a small object to find.
It doesnt float.
The pingers range is only a few miles.
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