Instruction Manual
Installation & Operation
Model FA2100 CVR
Jan. 01/03
Rev. 07
Page B–17
165E1846–00
Environmental Qualification Form (EQF)
for the
Model S151 Control Unit
(Ref. Document No. 905–E1803–63 Rev. A)
Model: S151
Product: Control Unit
Part Number: S151–0020–00
S151–0030–00
S151–0040–00
S151–0050–00
S151–0060–00
Manufacturer: L-3 Communications, Aviation Recorders
6000 Fruitville Road, Sarasota, FL 34232
P.O. Box 3041, Zip Code 34230-3041
TSO Number: C123a
Manufacturer’s Specification and/or Other Applicable
Specification: Aviation Recorders Document 905–E0984–07,
EUROCAE ED–56A, RTCA/DO–160C
Conditions
RTCA/DO–160C
Section
Description of Conducted Tests
Temperature and Altitude
Low Temperature
Ground Survival
Operating
4.0
4.5.1
4.5.1
Equipment tested to Categories A2 & F2.
1
(Temperature Tests combined with Tempera-
ture Vibration Test, Section 5.0.)
–55
°
C
–55
°
C
High Temperature
Ground Survival
Operating
4.5.2
4.5.3
+85
°
C
+70
°
C
Altitude
4.6.1
+55,000 feet
Decompression
4.6.2
+55,000 feet
Overpressure
4.6.3
–15,000 feet
Temperature Variation
5.0
Equipment tested to Category B. (This test
combined with Temperature Test, Section 4.0)
Humidity
6.0
Equipment tested to Category A (Standard).
Operational Shocks & Crash Safety
Operational Shock
Crash Safety (Impulse)
Crash Safety (Sustained)
7.0
7.2.2
7.3.1.1
7.3.2.2
6 g, 11 milliseconds
15 g, 11 milliseconds
12 g , 3 seconds
Vibration
8.0
Equipment tested to Category C’ using Curves
C and C’, robust procedure. There were no
changes in the performance or vibration reso-
nances.
Robust
8.6.2
Random
Explosion Proofness
9.0
Equipment tested to Category E1.
