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Originally posted by Mikey84
PS: It would be smart (if they don’t now do it) to have the camera footage recorded on the black box, I’m sure it would be very useful in investigations.
Originally posted by Mikey84
PS: It would be smart (if they don’t now do it) to have the camera footage recorded on the black box, I’m sure it would be very useful in investigations.
Mikey
Originally posted by Jbird
My thoughts exactly. Seems strange that these types of systems on aircraft, are not standard features, after so many years of crash amd incident investigation.
And they seem relatively low cost additions, without much maintenance costs.
Originally posted by Mikey84
reply to post by RichardPrice
Could they not set it up in a way that while the cameras are recording the through the whole flight it’s fed back to somewhere on the ground?
Is that possible? Like a live feed via satellites etc etc, and then a place on the ground records it?
Originally posted by RichardPrice
Video requires a lot of storage space for even small amounts when compared to audio, and there is only so much physical space a black box can consume - the smaller the box, the easier it is to protect.
You can't just use higher density storage medium either, because the smaller you go, the easier it is for fire, water, stress etc to affect it due to the fact that its easier to flip smaller numbers of electrons in a group.
For the benefits, the additional issues related to video storage just aren't worth it. Audio is omni directional, video is not - the space is better used storing audio.
Originally posted by Bumr055
reply to post by RichardPrice
I don't see why 4,000 planes couldn't get a signal.. But I also don't see why 4,000 planes would need the signal being broadcasted.
I haven't really thought about any of this before. I think they could easily have some cameras ready to broadcast in an emergency
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Video could be recorded or transmit at the press of a button, a wrong turn or a dangerous altitude. I don't see why not other then taxes.
Originally posted by _Del_
Two solutions. A seperate box for video. Make the recording 10 minutes long from the camera(s). Recorder can overwrite the the older data as it proceeds.
Or provide the camera with an "Oh $#*!" button which begins the recording -- perhaps tied into the transponder so when it squawks 7700 or 7500 the recorder turns on.
Originally posted by Naboo the Enigma
Believe it or not it is extremely difficult to get good quality imagery from a video camera on board an aircraft, the military do it at great cost and even then the results can be remarkably poor; anyone who has watched an onboard camera on a commercial jet can testify to this. .
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
It's 2008, I'm 100 percent sure we can figure out a solution to all these issues.
All we need is enough lobby behind it.
Shattered OUT...