Case study
Luke Air Force Base operates two F-16 flight simulators with dodecahedron domes, using 11 facets on each dome. Aligning the visual systems on these multi-faceted displays is a complicated and time-consuming process. Luke Air Force Base wanted to streamline this process. Officials chose the Barco AutoAlignTM system. The AutoAlign system now quickly and easily aligns 10 of the 11 out-of-window displays on each dome (mixture of Barco 808 and 908 CRT projectors) in a fraction of the time that it used to take to perform the same tasks manually. The facility operates the Barco AutoAlign to control geometry, convergence, facet-to-facet edge co-alignment, focus, brightness, and contrast settings. AutoAlign works with the mixture of projection systems for easy upgrades and spares configuration, reducing maintenance costs and minimizing spares inventory.