Trace Test 1
CBAT-style practice test · Psychomotor
Reading a manoeuvre from outside the aircraft and converting it to the input its pilot made. Including when the aircraft is head-on and everything you see is mirrored.
- Skill area
- Psychomotor
- Length
- 8 minutes
- Format
- Real-time simulation
- Cost
- Free version, or Premium
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What this test involves
- The aircraft flies itself; press the key its pilot is pressing.
- It runs straight, then turns 90° through one of four manoeuvres. One press per turn, AFTER the turn has begun. You then have about a second and a half.
- ← left turn, → right turn. ↑ is pitch DOWN (stick forward) and ↓ is pitch UP. A joystick or rudder takes precedence over the keys whenever it is deflected.
- When the aircraft is head-on, what you see is mirrored: a turn that looks right on screen is the pilot turning left. Inverted, the pitch keys swap too.
- Later on, two more aircraft join and the colours move between them. Always mimic whichever aircraft is currently RED.
How to prepare for the Trace Test 1
- Use the straight run. It is there to be read: settle the aspect. Nose toward you or away, upright or inverted. Before the turn starts, and the key is then obvious.
- Nothing counts until the turn actually starts. Anticipating it scores as a key pressed at nothing, which costs a mark. Wait, see it, then press.
- After a colour swap, find the red aircraft before you touch a key. A second spent looking costs less than several spent flying the wrong one.
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