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Objects Placement

WesFlight

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Ok, I can succesfully get an object into Flight Simulator. However, how to I figure out the heading. When I place it at a heading of 0 it always faces some other direction. Whats the trick?
Thanks,
Wes
 
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Hi,

In general a heading of zero means that the Y axis as shown in GMax will be facing north. Or are you using some special tweak object or so?
 
Arno, Thank you for the reply.
No I am not using any special tweaks that I know of. O found that if I want to place something say at 100 degrees, I would add 20 on to that. If I add 20 onto whatever heading I want it then works fine. I am not rotating anything weird in GMAX so I really dont know the issue. So for now I just add 20 and it is ok. However, if there is a proper way to do it, I would not mind changing my ways to do it right.
Thanks,
Wes
 
Could it be that you are placing them far up north, so that you have a big magnetic variation? In that case there is a different between your magnetic heading and your geographic heading. This could be up to 20 degrees on some places of the globe.
 
Yes, exactly. I am placing my gates in Washington State at SEATAC airport. This would make since. I never even thought about that. :banghead:
Thanks,
Arno
 
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