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Sensory Motor Apparatus
CBAT-style practice test · Psychomotor
Coordinating two controls that behave differently, the stick builds up speed, the pedals set it.
- Skill area
- Psychomotor
- Length
- 8 minutes
- Format
- Real-time simulation
- Cost
- Free version, or Premium
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What this test involves
- Keep the red dot aligned with the crosshair; it strays on its own and you correct it.
- The stick flies the dot up and down and nothing else: pull back to lift it, push forward to drop it. Rolling it sideways does nothing, that axis is the pedals.
- The foot pedals fly it left and right. They are not pressed down; they are pushed FORWARD, and the further you push, the faster it moves. Left pedal forward sends the dot left.
- A joystick and rudder pedals are used in preference to the keyboard whenever they are connected, the real test is flown on them. The arrow keys stand in if you have none: up and down for the stick, left and right for the pedals.
- The two axes do not respond the same way. That is the test.
How to prepare for Sensory Motor Apparatus
- The pedals stop the moment you ease off, so lead less on the horizontal than you think.
- The stick keeps going after you let go. Ease off before you reach the centre, not at it.
- Fix one axis at a time when you are badly off. Chasing both at once is how people spiral.
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