Red Arrows take off with Fly3D - MaxFlight Corporation

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Red Arrows take off with Fly3D

SCIENCE MUSEUM CASE STUDY
Fly with the Red
Miniaturised HD cameras, 3D and computer-controlled motion
seating let visitors to the Science Museum experience aerobatic
routines ‘in’ a Red Arrows jet. Peter Lloyd went along for the ride
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Red Arrows experience: visitors can feel the twists and turns of the stunts (above) in 3D when they’re
strapped in to FlyZone seats (centre); kids can watch a 2D version in the FlyKids pods (centre right)
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Arrows - in HD 3D
INSTALLATION KIT LIST
Metropolis Entertainment subcontracted
installation of the theatre for
the show to DJ Willrich, which put in a
pair of 1280 x 800-resolution Panasonic
DW6300EK projectors with 0.8:1
lenses projecting onto an 8.7m x 4.9m
Harkness micro-perforated silver screen.
The projectors are fitted with circular
polarising filters, rather than the more
commonly used vertical/horizontal axis filters, as
using a circular filter system (for the glasses, as well
as the projectors) allows the stereo images to be
seen more clearly when the viewer’s head is tilted
– as it is once the Stargazer seats are set in motion.
The audio system for the theatre, also installed
by DJ Willrich, uses three power amplifiers (a B1500,
Flyzone control screen
an Entero 4100 and an Entero 4200)
and Bose speaker systems (three 802s,
a pair of DS100SEs, a 502B and an
ESP-88).
The video runs from a Media
Mation server, which forms part of the
simulator control pages.
The audience sits in Stargazer 6
DOF motion-control seats driven
by hydraulic rams and a massive hydraulic pump
installed behind the scenes. The seats reproduce
heave, pitch, roll, surge, sway and yaw movements.
Control is remoted to the ticketing and reception
desk, where the staff have access to a touch screen
that shows seat status – to make sure everyone is
belted in – as well as management functions.
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