what is blackbox in aeroplanes
2006-06-17 13:45:38 · 7 answers · asked by AKULA S 1 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
The 'black box' refers to a data recorders. The cockpit voice recorder (records the cockpit) and flight data recorder (records mechanical data).
While nothing is 100% perfect these recorders are very tough. A few have been damaged, and a few have been lost, but for the most part they do survive. They do have little trackers on them.
In the case of a crash, this will be the first thing the government looks for. The data usually can tell you why the crash happened, or at least where to look for the problem.
BTW: It is bright orange, not black.
2006-06-18 04:07:14 · answer #1 · answered by Robin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Robin has asnswered you pretty correctly. The "black box" provides information on the aircraft operation, from the air crew voice conversation to the performance of the aircraft control surfaces and engine performance. These data allow investigator to reconstruct what might have happened in the cockpit or what control inputs and what control surfaces had been activated by retracing the logged information. So these are just basis for reconstruction, taken to be as close to the fact as possible.
2006-06-18 06:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by peanutz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blackbox is a tool in an airplane that records all that what happens to the plane. And thegood thing is, it can help when a plane crashes but unreliable beacause it can be wrecked with the plane or not be found if the plane crashes underwater.
2006-06-18 01:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by Wise Doc. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black box refers to Flight data recorders FDR's and Cockpit voice recorders CVR... dey r orange or dark yellow in color..
FDR is the most important of all.. it records 32 flight parameters for the last 25 hours of operation (incase of transport aircraft) in digital form (earlier dey used PMR tapes).. during investigation dey decode the information contained therein and search for abnormal flight parameters in it which could help in finding the actual cause of the accident
CVR records the aural conversation of the crew members and the pilot and it can record upto last 15 hours of its operation
2006-06-20 22:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by Aero_engineer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a device that records everything that happens on board during a flight
2006-06-17 17:21:44 · answer #5 · answered by sniper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TM is right, but its orange yes they call it a black box
2006-06-17 14:02:01 · answer #6 · answered by retired_afmil 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It records everything that goes on & it's basically indestructible.
2006-06-17 13:47:33 · answer #7 · answered by TM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋