I recently went down to a recruiter in Fargo and took the ASTB. I ended up getting a 8,8,7 and a 63. My recruiter said it should be good enough for pilot. My point is not to be arrogant, but to tell everyone how helpful this site was. If anyone out there is going to be taking it pretty so, read everything about the ASTB on airwarriors. The gouges and other persons feedback is very helpful. I also bought the ARCO study guide and that helped with the spatial section.
If I had gone into the test, I don't think I would have done so well. I wouldn't consider the test to be intensely hard, just tricky. Figuring out how to correctly take the test is critical. Here's what I thought of the sections.
MATH:
Study guide, study guide, study guide. Out of many math problems, only one had anything to do with calculus. Many problems were algerbra, but in the gouges, they usually follow a same format.
MECHANICAL:
Having a college physics class helped me on this section. The study guide wasn't as helpful because some questions deal with principles not really explained in the study guides.
SPATIAL:
The ARCO book worked like a charm for this. When in doubt, just use your hand as an airplane and try to simulate the condition.
AVIATION/NAUTICAL:
Going to a flight school helped this a little bit. Maybe going to a private pilot ground school or buying a Jeppesen book would help. It's a little hard to know the four types of flaps without being a pilot.
If anything, go slow on the test and hopefully anyone else taking it will do well.
If I had gone into the test, I don't think I would have done so well. I wouldn't consider the test to be intensely hard, just tricky. Figuring out how to correctly take the test is critical. Here's what I thought of the sections.
MATH:
Study guide, study guide, study guide. Out of many math problems, only one had anything to do with calculus. Many problems were algerbra, but in the gouges, they usually follow a same format.
MECHANICAL:
Having a college physics class helped me on this section. The study guide wasn't as helpful because some questions deal with principles not really explained in the study guides.
SPATIAL:
The ARCO book worked like a charm for this. When in doubt, just use your hand as an airplane and try to simulate the condition.
AVIATION/NAUTICAL:
Going to a flight school helped this a little bit. Maybe going to a private pilot ground school or buying a Jeppesen book would help. It's a little hard to know the four types of flaps without being a pilot.
If anything, go slow on the test and hopefully anyone else taking it will do well.
