Black Box Locations
Just musing here. The A330 FDR is outside the pressure vessel, while on the 747 jurassic and other US planes that come to mind, both are inside. Seems from distant memory that the FDR on the BAe-146 was outside. Is there a technical basis for the difference, or just cultural?
I remember early CVR on which the pinger was an afterthought. The pinger was attached to the front of the chassis, not the hard module.
Judging by density and location, I would expect to find the FDR module nearer the APU than anything else.