In the MIC you will encounter several instruments similar to those in a cockpit. It will be your task to monitor the instrument parameters and to manipulate them if necessary. This test is not meant to be a realistic flight simulation. It was specifically designed to measure your psychomotor function and your multitask capacity.
The compass, altimeter and air-speed indicator are assembled on the display following the standard set-up of a simple cockpit ("Basic T" without artificial horizon). You have to keep each instrument value as close as possible to the green bug which symbolizes the target value. Target values are also given in the orders below. Speed is handled with the + or - power buttons. To change the heading, use the joystick lateral axis or the ← / → keys. To adjust the altitude, use the joystick vertical axis or the ↑ / ↓ keys. Note that the speed is also influenced by the aircraft pitch. If you pitch up (or down) to gain (or loose) altitude, this will reduce (or increase) your speed. Considering the altimeter, mind to target the altitude given below and not only to align the needle with the green bug.
You must also monitor rows of numbers presented via headphones, and react by pressing buttons after hearing either the third even number in succession (green button) or the third odd number in succession (red button).
In this example you must slightly reduce power to adjust speed to 124kt, maintain your present heading to 090° and pitch up to climb to 4800ft.
Imagine that the given numbers are 2, 10, 1, 9, 10, 4, 8 (3 even numbers, press the green button), 3, 6, 4, 7, 9, 5 (3 odd numbers, press the red button), 6, 10, 1, 7. Reactions have to be carried out between 8 and 3 (green button) and between 5 and 6 (red button).
The test lasts 5 minutes.
For your comfort you can practice this test either with a real gamepad, or with the virtual on-screen gamepad, or with your keyboard. However, in order to get the best of your training we do recommend that you acquire a joystick in order to recreate in the most realistic manner the conditions you will face on exam day.
See this part of the FAQ, to handle with gamepads calibration.