# Free orbital movement with face locking without experiencing gimbal lock, any ideas?

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**Category:** Programming & Scripting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-orbital-movement-with-face-locking-without-experiencing-gimbal-lock-any-ideas/2164294 "2024-12-02T12:14:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Everynone](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/everynone/32/1135017_2.png) [@Everynone](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Everynone)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/free-orbital-movement-with-face-locking-without-experiencing-gimbal-lock-any-ideas/2164294/6 "2024-12-02T13:22:22Z")

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- the undesired gimbal locked `Find Look At Rotation` behaviour:

- unlocked:

 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/6/e/d/6edeb87ef0aa8feed731d0e5bfed66b5d9dfe0a6.png)

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Play with those:

 ![image](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/1/3/4/1341c0ecb84ac55401c44536087dfd6f623054d6.png)

To get whatever carousel you might need going.

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