2007-02-25 00:27:56 · 10 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Because they would be too heavy to fly.
2007-02-25 00:30:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lets get some things straight. First, "the little black boxes" you refer to are probably the Digital Flight Data Recorder, Cockpit Voice Recorder, and Emergency &Underwater Locator Beacon. They are actually International Orange in color. If you are referring to the Avionics suite, they are made of aluminum, as is most of the aircraft. The
"the little black boxes" you are talking about are made of a similar material, nothing magic, nothing too heavy, no Kryptonite, but they are "shock mounted".
The key to their survival is LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION, just like they say in real estate! The Digital Flight Data Recorder, Cockpit Voice Recorder, and Emergency/ Underwater Locator Beacon are located in the tail of the aircraft, thus helping to ensure their survivability in the event of an accident.
The laws of physics mean that no material yet devised can survive intact, the kinetic force of a 300,000 pound aircraft striking the ground at 350mph. Do the math.
2007-02-25 06:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by Mark S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because:
a) Black boxes can not be made so light weight.
b) They can not be made aerodynamic much like the current alloys used.
c) It makes an easy target for terrorist gangs to bring them down
d) In case a plane disintegrates, the black box in it should be more robust than the plane, so the black box for the new plane should only be made of diamond which is not possible.
2007-02-25 00:31:38 · answer #3 · answered by Cant stop thinking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps most components of a plane CAN'T be made from that material, and the plane would probably be too heavy to fly. Even if that wasn't the case, it would be too expensive to be feasible. It would cost more for a plane ticket than anyone would be willing to pay, the company would go bankrupt, and air travel wouldn't exist anymore.
2007-02-25 00:32:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
even if you were able to make a plane out of the materials used for black boxes, If the plane were to crash, the impact would still kill lots(or all depending on the crash) of people and make it harder to get out of the plane (if the doors were bent and couldn't be opened then there would be no way out)
2007-02-25 03:16:48 · answer #5 · answered by bravestdawg101 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A number of observational comedians have joked that, because the box seems to be indestructible, the substance used to make the box should be used to make the entire aeroplane.
2007-02-25 00:38:36 · answer #6 · answered by Jester 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same reason God didn't make your brain out of the same material he made you anus out of. Well, wait, in your case I might have to dwell on that answer a bit.........
2007-02-25 13:38:26 · answer #7 · answered by baron_von_party 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
would make the plane too heavy
and you are more likely to be killed in a car accident
than in a plane!
2007-02-25 00:31:15 · answer #8 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they do ..airplanes are made of metal ..it is the location of the black box that aids its scrash worthiness - there are miles of aluminum that will get deformed - thereby absorning all that crash energy..
2007-02-25 07:02:20 · answer #9 · answered by thefatguythatpaysthebills 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
will be too heavy
2007-02-25 13:20:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋