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Magnetic heading or True Heading

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I'm trying to use ESP(FSX)to make an Out the window view for an external sim. It worked with FSUIPC and FS2004.
Example KMIA runway 9 Magnetic = 92 True = 87.
my sim passes 87 when I use
hr = SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, DEFINITION_5, "Plane Heading Degrees True","radians", SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE_FLOAT64, 0.0f, SIMCONNECT_UNUSED);

it points the plane at 97, I can use
hr = SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, DEFINITION_1, "MagVar", "degrees");

that puts me back at 91

if i use Plane Heading Degrees Magnetic it puts it at
87.

Does anybody see this, would it be beneficial to use FSUIPC
 
Marky2245 said:
my sim passes 87 when I use
hr = SimConnect_AddToDataDefinition(hSimConnect, DEFINITION_5, "Plane Heading Degrees True","radians", SIMCONNECT_DATATYPE_FLOAT64, 0.0f, SIMCONNECT_UNUSED);
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The units should be "degrees" not "radians", unless you specifically want SimConnect to convert it to radians for you?

Pete
 
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