It's not an option for me to use an airplane simulator on normal PC screens. It's just not the same experience because you can't get the full immersion.
About 10 years ago my wife gave me a flight in a Boeing 737 simulator. The simulator is in Amriswil on Lake Constance and was based on Microsoft Flight Simulator and ran on Windows NT. I still remember exactly, we took off from Zurich and when I was about to retract the landing gear, a blue screen appeared on all the projectors.
Nevertheless, the simulation experience was very impressive. You really had the feeling that your body was leaning in a curve, even though the simulator had no movement.
Building your own simulator would have been technically impossible 10 years ago and would have cost a fortune. So I didn't even think about implementing such a project back then. Today the situation is different.
Today, 10 years later, much more powerful hardware is available at lower costs.
In addition, immersion is more difficult to achieve with a fighter jet like the A10, as the pilot has to be much more cautious than in a passenger jet. This requires a completely different projection surface and more projectors if you want a real simulation experience.
I have done a lot of research over the last 12 months. I spent a particularly large amount of time on research and engineering for planning the immersion. There are a lot of variables that need to be taken into account when it comes to finding the right project space and the right projectors.
You can find more information on this in this blog
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