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wonderb0iwl

Active Member
Almost everyone recommends the compass trick but it just doesn't work for me. I can do it faster rotating the map in my head. And after a bit you just kind of memorize the positions. But at the same time I'm wondering if there's something people know about the test that I don't. I'm sure it increases accuracy but also time right.
 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
Inc3pt1on said:
I have a quick question, I took the ASTB today and got a 7 6 7. I'm unsure if I should take it again since the retest will be during my semester. I'm in an NROTC program so I only have until Sept. 6 to retest if that's what I decide. What do you guys think I should do?
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Talk to your advisor, you cannot compare NROTC to OCS when looking at aviation scores.
 
FlyingGamecock

FlyingGamecock

Well-Known Member
Anyone taken the ASTB with the new UAV portion yet (the one referenced earlier with the 30 degree increments)? Or is it currently the old system with the 8 cardinal directions?
 
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OptionsDollaraire

Well-Known Member
Just got back from my ASTB. Pretty bummed tbh, studied for 2 weeks about 1-2 hours a day. got a 55 7/6/6. I think I'll take it again in 31 days before the 16 sep deadline. A few questions for the group:

1. I got kicked out of MCT insanely quick, 5 minutes. I never got any DRT questions, no advanced word problems. Just a couple of geometry questions and algebra questions. I thought reading through this thread that getting kicked out early was a positive sign but I guess not in my case. My questions did not get progressively harder, so I assume because of my score that that was a negative?

2. I got kicked out early of every section actually except reading comprehension. Now that I remember, I got kicked out of math in 5-7 minutes, mechanical comprehension in 6 minutes. ANIT in 4-6 minutes. Is that a result of doing poorly?

3. For the UAV section, I was surprised to see more than 8 cardinal directions @FlyingGamecock . Though it was easy to adapt to it threw me off and made my timing pretty poor.

4. Was everyone else's HOTAS throttle and joystick setup not attached to the desk and was lifting up the whole PBM? The throttle was especially bad, I noticed multiple times when I was doing the test and focusing on dichotic listening and tracking that the throttle wasn't moving because one side either the front or back had lifted off the table and I didn't actually move the throttle.
 
elariosa95

elariosa95

SNA (Primary - VT-6)
OptionsDollaraire said:
Just got back from my ASTB. Pretty bummed tbh, studied for 2 weeks about 1-2 hours a day. got a 55 7/6/6. I think I'll take it again in 31 days before the 16 sep deadline. A few questions for the group:

1. I got kicked out of MCT insanely quick, 5 minutes. I never got any DRT questions, no advanced word problems. Just a couple of geometry questions and algebra questions. I thought reading through this thread that getting kicked out early was a positive sign but I guess not in my case. My questions did not get progressively harder, so I assume because of my score that that was a negative?

2. I got kicked out early of every section actually except reading comprehension. Now that I remember, I got kicked out of math in 5-7 minutes, mechanical comprehension in 6 minutes. ANIT in 4-6 minutes. Is that a result of doing poorly?

3. For the UAV section, I was surprised to see more than 8 cardinal directions @FlyingGamecock . Though it was easy to adapt to it threw me off and made my timing pretty poor.

4. Was everyone else's HOTAS throttle and joystick setup not attached to the desk and was lifting up the whole PBM? The throttle was especially bad, I noticed multiple times when I was doing the test and focusing on dichotic listening and tracking that the throttle wasn't moving because one side either the front or back had lifted off the table and I didn't actually move the throttle.
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The test is adaptive so it ends the sections early if it feels it has a good read on your ability for that section.

As for the HOTAS, yeah the suction cups are probably pretty worn from several hundred people having used it over the years. Just gotta apply some downward force to keep it on the table
 
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layan

New Member
Does anyone know if there is another SNA board this year? I don't think I'm going to make the October board in time.

Edit: I should add that I saw on the pdf that shows all of the boards for 2022 that the October board would be the last for this year for SNA/NFO but I remember my recruiter saying there may be one in around December which is why I'm confused.
 
FlyingGamecock

FlyingGamecock

Well-Known Member
OptionsDollaraire said:
Just got back from my ASTB. Pretty bummed tbh, studied for 2 weeks about 1-2 hours a day. got a 55 7/6/6. I think I'll take it again in 31 days before the 16 sep deadline. A few questions for the group:

1. I got kicked out of MCT insanely quick, 5 minutes. I never got any DRT questions, no advanced word problems. Just a couple of geometry questions and algebra questions. I thought reading through this thread that getting kicked out early was a positive sign but I guess not in my case. My questions did not get progressively harder, so I assume because of my score that that was a negative?

2. I got kicked out early of every section actually except reading comprehension. Now that I remember, I got kicked out of math in 5-7 minutes, mechanical comprehension in 6 minutes. ANIT in 4-6 minutes. Is that a result of doing poorly?

3. For the UAV section, I was surprised to see more than 8 cardinal directions @FlyingGamecock . Though it was easy to adapt to it threw me off and made my timing pretty poor.

4. Was everyone else's HOTAS throttle and joystick setup not attached to the desk and was lifting up the whole PBM? The throttle was especially bad, I noticed multiple times when I was doing the test and focusing on dichotic listening and tracking that the throttle wasn't moving because one side either the front or back had lifted off the table and I didn't actually move the throttle.
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That sucks to hear about the UAV portion. I was killer at that section and was able to do them in my head in 1-2 seconds. Now it looks like I will have to use the compass trick, which will slow my time down significantly. I've been studying quite a bit for the ASTB. Hope to get another 30-50 hours worth of studying before taking it this fall.
 
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wonderb0iwl

Active Member
I'm glad I'm finally done with this test, I do not plan on taking it again.

67 7/6/6
Environmental chemistry major gpa 3.8

I did way better than I thought I would on the OAR considering I had only a week to study and only slept like 3 hours last night because I was anxious.

Math
Got some probability problems, simple area problems, lots of logs, then bam super complicated problems with fraction exponents and radicals. I just guessed on those by eliminating answers that were obviously wrong. Ended 10 minutes early for me. I practiced this section by doing the math worksheets in kyle's drive.

Reading
I always thought I was a good reader, I've spent the past 4 years reading scientific papers and books on philosophy. This section humbled me. People aren't lying when they say this section is super boring and dry. I could not focus at all. The paragraphs would alternate between really complicated and really short and simple so I guess that's the adaptive software in the works.

Mechanical comprehension
The best section for me and yet I went in expecting to do the worst. Suffering through physics in class actually paid off. I got a lot of problems about circuits, pressure volume temp problems (remember Pv=nrt), and lots of fulcrum problems. Practiced using kyle's drive.

ANIT
I got pretty basic questions, I kept getting questions about elevators for some reason. I also got a question about how carriers evolved to handle f14s. Besides that know all the basics like the cram cards and make sure to skim the FAA pilots handbook. Kyle's drive has the tables of contents highlighted for parts you should focus on. Without a doubt I spent the most time studying this section (made a Quizlet with almost 500 cards) and still ended up with a 7 smh.

Nafti
I was just honest.

Uav has 12 degrees which might be a bit off-putting at first. I didn't use the compass trick and started off rough, but once I got used to it was getting them in around a second. If I did take it again I think I would do a lot better here. Just use the flashcards and practice actually "clicking" on the correct answer rather than doing it in your head.

Tracking/listening Wayyy harder than I thought it would be. Especially since the headphones were broken so I had to use stereo speakers on the desk. People who get 8-9 on here props to you, couldn't be me. Jantzenx's sim is a good way to know what you're getting into but using the throttle and joystick feels completely different. There is a large deadzone for the throttle and joystick.

I'd like to apply both SNA and snfo, I've read a lot about both and both sound really cool (honestly I'm leaning toward nfo).

Kyles Drive

Kyle's ASTB Study Kit 2019 - Google Drive

drive.google.com drive.google.com

Classic Cram cards
ASTB Aviation/Nautical Information Test (ANIT) [comprehensive] Flashcards - Cram.com


This is the quizlet I made, has a lot of overlap with cram and a lot of repeating topics. Also has physics equations and topics, low yield gouge like designations, aircrafts, and history. Oh yeah and some of them straight up aren't finished and don't have definitions.

 
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exNavyOffRec

Well-Known Member
wonderb0iwl said:
I'm glad I'm finally done with this test, I do not plan on taking it again.

67 7/6/6
Environmental chemistry major gpa 3.8

I did way better than I thought I would on the OAR considering I had only a week to study and only slept like 3 hours last night because I was anxious.

Math
Got some probability problems, simple area problems, lots of logs, then bam super complicated problems with fraction exponents and radicals. I just guessed on those by eliminating answers that were obviously wrong. Ended 10 minutes early for me. I practiced this section by doing the math worksheets in kyle's drive.

Reading
I always thought I was a good reader, I've spent the past 4 years reading scientific papers and books on philosophy. This section humbled me. People aren't lying when they say this section is super boring and dry. I could not focus at all. The paragraphs would alternate between really complicated and really short and simple so I guess that's the adaptive software in the works.

Mechanical comprehension
The best section for me and yet I went in expecting to do the worst. Suffering through physics in class actually paid off. I got a lot of problems about circuits, pressure volume temp problems (remember Pv=nrt), and lots of fulcrum problems. Practiced using kyle's drive.

ANIT
I got pretty basic questions, I kept getting questions about elevators for some reason. I also got a question about how carriers evolved to handle f14s. Besides that know all the basics like the cram cards and make sure to skim the FAA pilots handbook. Kyle's drive has the tables of contents highlighted for parts you should focus on. Without a doubt I spent the most time studying this section (made a Quizlet with almost 500 cards) and still ended up with a 7 smh.

Nafti
I was just honest.

Uav has 12 degrees which might be a bit off-putting at first. I didn't use the compass trick and started off rough, but once I got used to it was getting them in around a second. If I did take it again I think I would do a lot better here. Just use the flashcards and practice actually "clicking" on the correct answer rather than doing it in your head.

Tracking/listening Wayyy harder than I thought it would be. Especially since the headphones were broken so I had to use stereo speakers on the desk. People who get 8-9 on here props to you, couldn't be me. Jantzenx's sim is a good way to know what you're getting into but using the throttle and joystick feels completely different. There is a large deadzone for the throttle and joystick.

I'd like to apply both SNA and snfo, I've read a lot about both and both sound really cool (honestly I'm leaning toward nfo).

Kyles Drive

Kyle's ASTB Study Kit 2019 - Google Drive

drive.google.com drive.google.com

Classic Cram cards
ASTB Aviation/Nautical Information Test (ANIT) [comprehensive] Flashcards - Cram.com


This is the quizlet I made, has a lot of overlap with cram and a lot of repeating topics. Also has physics equations and topics, low yield gouge like designations, aircrafts, and history. Oh yeah and some of them straight up aren't finished and don't have definitions.

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A 6 on PFAR and FOFAR you will probably have a better shot with SNFO since a 6 for SNA is a long shot.
 
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