Like this: KDTW:SIDSSID ACO3 FIX SPHRE FIX ACO RNW 03L HDG 035 UNTIL 1045 HDG 035 VECTORS FIX VEELA FIX MAARS

Runway heading means heading. The chart requires a track of 120. This only occurs with procedural SIDs. When issued with "runway heading" on a radar SID, you should never correct for wind. You would only correct for wind if instructed to "fly runway track".

If you go through the international pages in the Jepps section for ATC, you will find that is most definitely not the case.

If you go through the international pages in the Jepps section for ATC, you will find that is most definitely not the case.

You wouldn't happen to have a page reference, would you? The ATC section (or any other section for that matter) is pretty thick...

Sorry, I happily turned in my international Jepps for the US variety a few months back. I was flying in Asia and a few countries expected you to track the runway centerline even though the takeoff clearance wad fly runway heading.

i see that some SID's have those brackets waypoints, as altitude target.Can't we just program this kind of waypoint manually, not as a part of a SID?

Runway heading means heading. The chart requires a track of 120. This only occurs with procedural SIDs. When issued with "runway heading" on a radar SID, you should never correct for wind. You would only correct for wind if instructed to "fly runway track".

Well, I looked and I can't find any references to back me up on this. I like your explanation, and it follows common sense. But, I'm pretty sure there's a few oddball countries out there that don't follow this.

Fair enough. The second rule, though, is "if in doubt, ask!" :)

Well, from what I noticed it continued out too far on both 1L/R and 28L/R initial heading which would overshoot the next assigned heading and not make the third turn in time. Causing overcorrections. To me it's just a smoother departure when done manually.

Which departure is this? You have to look at the speeds too - if you tell it to do something the airplane's incapable of doing, like some tight turn with a 250 knot speed target, it's always going to overshoot in LNAV - the real one will too.