What colour is the black box on an aeroplane ?

Answer 1

Flight Data Recorders (Black Box) are orange and white or red and white striped..

Here is a pic of one http://www.dwc.edu/library/educational_tech/newvideos.shtml

Answer 2

Bright orange or bright yellow.

According to the Code of Federal Regulations in the United States: Bright orange or bright yellow with reflective tape to facilitate location underwater.
Take a look at the website below for an example.

Black refers to mysterious, not color. In 1957 data recording to a small container that was crash resistant was a marvel of technology and so very mysterious.

Some history:
The first prototype FDR was produced in 1957 by Dr. David Warren of the then Aeronautical Research Laboratories of Australia. In 1953 and 1954, a series of fatal mishaps on the de Havilland DH106 Comet prompted the grounding of the entire fleet pending an investigation. Dr. Warren, a chemist specializing in aircraft fuels, was involved in a professional committee discussing the possible causes. Since there had been no witnesses, and no survivors, Dr. Warren began to conceive of a crash survivable method to record the flight crew's conversation, reasoning they would likely know the cause.
Despite his 1954 report entitled "A Device for Assisting Investigation into Aircraft Accidents" and a 1957 prototype FDR named "The ARL Flight Memory Unit", aviation authorities from around the world were largely uninterested. This changed in 1958 when Sir Robert Hardingham, the Secretary of the UK Air Registration Board, became interested. Dr. Warren was asked to create a pre-production model which culminated into the "Red Egg", the world's first commercial FDR by the British firm, S. Davall & Son. The "Red Egg" got its name from the shape and bright red color. Incidentally, the term "Black Box" came from a meeting about the "Red Egg", when afterwards a journalist told Dr. Warren, "This is a wonderful black box." The unit itself was based on a wire recorder using not tape but wire as a recording medium and said recorder was fitted into a perspex box firmly screwed together.

Answer 3

The primary color of the case is a bright orange. I think it's commonly called "Da-Glo" -- pronounced "Day Glow" -- (long "A", long "O"), but I seem to recall that Da-Glo is a trademark. I seem to recall having once seen a sort of fluorescent yellow case with diagonal, reflective white conspicuosity stripes.

Technically, there are two separate devices commonly called "black boxes" on commercial aircraft. One is the CVR (Cockpit Voice Recorder) or DCVR (Digital Cockpit Voice Recorder); the other is the FDR (Flight Data Recorder) or DFDR (Digital Flight Data Recorder).

I doubt there are any still in service, but some CVRs and some FDRs that I've seen did not have the white conspicuosity stripes; however, those stripes seem common on all current models.

The boxes also feature identifying markings (lettering) in black, and the identiplate may be painted over (orange) or it may retain a "natural" finish.

The boxes are typically attached to the wiring harness via a round, multi-pin, cam-lock connector (commonly called a "Canon plug," although "Canon" is simply the name of one particular manufacturer of this type of electrical connector; Amphenol also makes these connectors, and probably lots of other companies).

All the above-described fasteners I've seen on aircraft were a sort of "cast magnesium" green-grey color (not quite "olive drab," but having an appearance that reminded me of military stuff); however, I've seen pictures of similar fasteners that showed shiny aluminum pieces.

I agree with the other answer that the CFR is the place to get the real skinny on how the boxes are marked.

14 CFR, Section 25 (Airworthiness Standards: Transport Category Airplanes), Subpart F (Equipment), scroll down to Sections 25.1457 and 24.1459.

This link:
http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgFAR.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet

will let you see the various revisions concerning FAA color and marking requirements of CVRs (Section 25.1457) and FDRs (Section 25.1459).

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Orange

Answer 6

All those who said orange with black and white stripes are correct. My company operates three different types of heavy jets. All Flight Data Recorders are orange with white (reflective) and one or two black stripes. Inside this box is the cockpit voice recorder and a recorder for flight control positions (expanded parameters). It also has a locator beacon which can be detected on land or under water.

Answer 7

International Orange, also know as Safety orange, Blaze Orange, Vivid Orange, Caltrans Orange, and Omaha Orange among others.

It's the same basic shade as the warning signs at construction sites along the highways.

Answer 8

Its a bright Florescent Orange, so in the event of an air crash, the "black Box" can be found with the least effort, and the investigation on the accident can proceed.

Answer 9

There are actually two so-called 'black boxes'. One is the Flight Data Recorder and the other is the Cockpit Voice Recorded. They are both orange and contain locator beacons.

Answer 10

The colour of Black Box is actually Dark Orange Colour...Suprised??? Ya...its true.....Its painted with Orange so that it will be visible in dark...

Answer 11

A black box or flight recorder is normally red.
It has a transmitter built in which sends out a signal upon a crash so that emergency services can find the crash site easier.
there are also lights or at least 1 high powered pulsing light that operates as well.
I know this because one of my old jobs was as a case-maker and i once had to pack and ship a helicopter to Saudi Arabia and accidentally triggered the 'crash' mechanism
10 minutes later there were fire engines , police and ambulances converging on the factory where i was.
ooops