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FSXA [gmax] mirroring control surfaces.... again.

Vitus

Vitus

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Hi there,

I am following Bill's mirroring-perfectly-mini-tutorial in order to perfectly mirror my left wing. However I encounter some problems with the flaps. Although I managed to have all the axis aligned nicely, the movement is flipped as well: instead of moving down, the flap turns upwards through the wing.

What am I missing here?

Cheers,
Vitus
 
Try rotating the pivot point. Or redo the animation for the other wing.
 
Capital idea! Rotating the pivot around the local Z by 180 degrees did the trick.

Doh! Sometimes it's so easy... :o
Thanks Bjoern!
 
Vitus said:
Capital idea! Rotating the pivot around the local Z by 180 degrees did the trick.

Doh! Sometimes it's so easy... :o
Thanks Bjoern!
Click to expand...

Which is, oddly enough precisely why simply changing the sign of the z axis's value was ever so thoughtfully suggested... :)
 
Maybe I misunderstood that part, because I did indeed changed the sign of the Z-rotation-axis as a necessary step to get the orientation right. What Bjoern suggested was to change the sign of the Z-rotation of the pivot, too.
 
Vitus said:
Maybe I misunderstood that part, because I did indeed changed the sign of the Z-rotation-axis as a necessary step to get the orientation right. What Bjoern suggested was to change the sign of the Z-rotation of the pivot, too.
Click to expand...

Hmmm.... I must have left that part out then! Because that's what I obviously did to achieve the results I've consistently gotten.

(The last sentence is a grammatical mesh, but I'm too exhausted to care...) :D
 
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