Flight simulator for Hannover Airport.

The flight simulator featuring the exhibition dedicated to the world of aviation from Hanover Airport has replaced its old projection system and has installed two lasers 3LCD VPL-FHZ55 Sony getting better resolution, a wider field of vision and



Hannover Airport, also known as Hannover-Langenhagen, is the largest of Lower Saxony and manages an air traffic of more than five million passengers per year.
From the pilot's seat in a fully equipped and functional cabin, aircraft lovers can virtually control these appliances for one hour.
The first simulator was acquired by Airport Hannover in 2008, a system using images of three projectors to display the virtual cockpit view, which represented a significant maintenance costs as the lamps of the three devices had to be replaced with frequency and brightness of the image was not guaranteed.
In this situation, the airport was proposed to replace the projection system with one that could keep pace with the long periods of operation of the simulator. It was also necessary to simultaneously reproduce every detail of the track and the sky with high sharpness and contrast to give more realism to the feeling of flying.
For a panoramic view, operators installed a concave screen of 6.15 meters wide and 1.80 meters high on the front of the cockpit windows. Therefore, seeking projectors had to be able to generate a geometrically correct image on a curved surface.
To meet the requirements needed exposure 3LCD Projectors Sony VPL-FHZ55 that were supplied by the service provider AVI Studio and worked with the manufacturer for installation of the two teams was decided.
Laser Sony 3LCD projectors combine a highly efficient source of laser light with the latest 3LCD panel technology BrightEra Sony.
Furthermore, Sony has developed a constant brightness according to the VPL-FHZ55, which allows it to remain constant to 3,000 lumens along the life cycle of the laser light source.



Determinants
Various factors that determined the Hanover Airport is decided by the Sony VPL-FHZ55 projectors. First, the total cost of ownership (TCO) proved to be more advantageous than a conventional light projector. While conventional projectors lamps should be replaced after waiting a thousand hours maximum, the laser light source of the VPL-FHZ55 can reach 20,000 hours.
Was also critical of the high resolution WUXGA 1920 x 1200 pixels, allowing play images in full HD on an area of ​​6.15 meters wide and 1.80 meters high with only two projectors instead of the previous three.
Combined with a light output of 3000 lumens bright images without individual pixels are produced, although the extent of the screen.
With this technology, it is possible to overlap the surfaces of both projections with a balanced lighting and, unlike the systems placed next to each other, creating an integrated across the width of the screen. Thanks to the image warping, its geometry can be corrected concave surfaces seamlessly to deliver a totally natural projection.