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Rapid Tracking Test
CBAT-style practice test · Psychomotor
Picking a named target out of moving traffic and holding it in the sight from a moving platform, including predicting it through cover.
- Skill area
- Psychomotor
- Length
- 15 minutes
- Format
- Real-time simulation
- Cost
- Free version, or Premium
Free version
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What this test involves
- You fly over a landscape in a helicopter that follows the target.
- A target is called out under the frame, the man on foot, the truck, the helicopter or the jet. It is always the only one of its kind out there.
- Pan with ← →, tilt with ↑ ↓, or use a connected joystick. Stick or d-pad to aim, any button to fire. Take THREE pictures of it: press Space or the trigger when it is inside the reticle.
- The reticle turns green when the target is centred and in clear view, which is when a picture counts.
- Mountains, buildings and trees will pass in front of it. Predict where it comes out and be pointing there.
- Each target has its own countdown. When it expires the target changes, pictures or no pictures.
- It gets harder as you go: targets and traffic speed up, the pilot holds you on target less steadily, and each new target gives you less time.
How to prepare for the Rapid Tracking Test
- Read the callout before you start hunting. Half the movers out there are not what you were asked for.
- Lead a fast target: aim slightly ahead of it rather than chasing from behind.
- While it is behind something, keep panning at the same rate so you are already on it when it clears.
- Do not fire the moment the target enters the reticle, an edge shot barely scores. Wait the extra half-second to get it properly centred.
- It ramps for the first minute and a half, then holds at full difficulty for the rest of the run. Bank the easy pictures early, because there is no third gear waiting after that.
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