project: syntropy, creator of technology and display solutions for dome cinemas and immersive attractions, worked with the DLR Institute of Flight Systems to deliver a turnkey visual display solution for the ISTAR fixed-base flight simulator at the Air Vehicle Simulator (AVES) Simulation Center, part of the DLR Flight Dynamics and Simulation Department in Braunschweig Airport, Germany.
The technology provided by the firm included a 4.5-metre dome and a 3-channel 4k solid-state projection system, alongside the domeprojection.com ProjectionTools Auto-Alignment System.
System design & integration
ISTAR, or In-flight Systems and Technology Airborne Research, is a fixed base flight simulator at the AVES Simulation Center, operated by the DLR (German Aerospace Center) within its Flight Dynamics and Simulation Department. project: syntropy was awarded the public tender for a visual display system for this flight simulator.
The scope of the project included the technical system design of the simulator’s new visual display solution, as well as the installation, integration and initial calibration of the entire projection system.
The 4.5-metre high dome provides an H-FOV +100/-100° and V-FOV +25/-25°, and the visual system was designed so that both the ISTAR and the A320 cockpit of the motion simulator can be brought in and easily exchanged. In a previous project, the firm also upgraded the motion simulator.
The cost-effective new solution is almost maintenance-free. It includes a high-resolution 3-channel 4k solid-state laser phosphor projection and the latest version of domeprojection.com’s ProjectionTools with colour calibration.
project: syntropy also recently provided a turnkey immersive multimedia projection system for the historic Schloss Hessen castle in Hessen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Here, the team delivered a 7-metre wide and 3.5-metre high cylindrical projection screen connected to a floor projection and a projection rig, as well as a high-resolution 3D stereo-capable 6-channel WQXGA projection system, domeprojection.com ProjectionTools autocalibration, a 5.1-channel sound system, and a Watchout media server and media control system.
