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MIL-HDBK-2124 Base Document:2000

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FLIGHT DATA RECORDER FUNCTIONAL STANDARDS FOR
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1. SCOPE
   1.1 Scope
   1.2 Application
   1.3 Aircraft categories
2. REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
3. DEFINITIONS
   3.1 Audio data
   3.2 Sensor parameter data
   3.3 Flight incident data
   3.4 Flight Data Recorder (FDR)
   3.5 Deployable module
   3.6 Bus Interface Unit/Aircraft Interface Unit
        (BIU/AIU)
   3.7 Baseline data
   3.8 Special event data
   3.9 Maintenance data
   3.10 Data Storage Unit (DSU)
4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
   4.1 General
        4.1.1 Flight Data Recorder requirements
        4.1.2 Parameter groups
        4.1.3 FDR power requirements
   4.2 FDR power requirements
        4.2.1 Data storage capacity
        4.2.2 Recorder data
        4.2.3 Data recovery
   4.3 Deployable module
        4.3.1 Radio beacon
        4.3.2 Visual marker
   4.4 BIU/AIU
   4.5 Built-in test requirements
   4.6 System safety requirements
5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS
   5.1 Flight data characteristics
   5.2 Flight Data Recorder (FDR) system activation
        5.2.1 Automatic cessation of recording
   5.3 Environmental requirements
   5.4 Crash survivability (memory only)
   5.5 Reliability/maintainability
   5.6 FDR system error rate
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Describes the functional characteristics of a DOD airborne Flight Data Recorder (FDR) used for flight incident, mishap, or crash analysis, and the parameters required to be recorded.

Committee
FSC 5835
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes MIL STD 2124 (A). (06/2001) NOTICE 1 - Notice of Validation. (07/2005) NOTICE 2 - Notice of Validation. (10/2014)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
25
ProductNote
NEW CHILD NOT 3 2019 IS NOW ADDED.
PublisherName
US Military Specs/Standards/Handbooks
Status
Current
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