Involved aptitudes
This test focuses on your spatial ability to interpret and locate yourself using visual and numerical information. It is especially designed to train for the COMPASS tests.
COMPASS - Spatial orientation
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Test modified on 04 May 2019.
Calibrated on 06 September 2026
Rules
3 dials give a position in 2D space. You must infer which aircraft corresponds. From left to right, you are given the following dials: a compass gives the aircraft magnetic heading. An artificial horizon gives the attitude. A plane with an arrow (respectively red, green, or grey) descends, climbs or flies level. A left, vertical or right arrow indicates the turn direction. A plane with no arrow is level and flying ahead. Finally, the orange needle of the right dial (RMI) points toward the NDB (the star at the middle).
Example
In this example, the compass gives a 219° heading, the attitude indicator a 60° left bank in level flight, and the NDB is on a 147° relative left bearing. The only aircraft on the map flying a 219° heading with the beacon 147° to its left is the one circled in green. The correction plots both angles from that aircraft: the heading from North, then the relative bearing to the beacon.
Timing
You must answer 20 questions in 4mins.