Just had a quick question regarding the emergency procedures portion of the exam. After you are done following the instructions for an emergency, do the gauges automatically reset to neutral when you press the clutch, or do you have to reset them manually back to neutral when you are done?
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elariosa95
SNA (A-Pool)
I'm pretty sure they stay in whatever position you had them in for the procedure. I didn't set mine back to neutral after each one, so I think that's the case.
Tumbleweed33
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The gauges stay where you put them. I had mine preset for when the warning lights came on then I was ready to go. Because the emergency showed up in order 123. At least it did both times when I took the ASTB.
elariosa95
SNA (A-Pool)
This is pretty helpful pro tip!
I guess this goes back to earlier, but do you get docked points if they’re not in neutral? If not, then I’m 100% doing what you did next time
Tumbleweed33
Well-Known Member
Exactly. Unless it's on the instructions you should be fine. Otherwise, there is no way of knowing.
I do know for a fact that the screen did not flash red at all when I did it this way and my score was higher.
My other tip that doesn't seem to be talked about as much is making a compass for the UAV portion. Make a paper compass THEN poke your pen through the middle of it. Now keep your pen/compass in your left hand to spin while you use your right hand to click with the mouse.
Interesting, I just used my left hand to rotate the compass on the table. I’d be worried about the paper flying off the pen lol.
Tumbleweed33
Well-Known Member
It stayed on and worked just fine for me. I was able to answer all the UAV questions at around 1s doing it this way.
Triumph_MAC
Well-Known Member
Retook the ASTB-E for the second time and approved slightly, not what I really wanted, but still improvement. I’ll give a break down of my test shortly. I went from 42 5,7,6 to a 49 6,7,6. Like is said, not much improvement so I may take it again. I’m not sure what the new AVO ASTB consists of. That wasn’t an option at the office today.
Not bad at all. Trending in the right direction. Did the AVO ASTB just come out? I know originally they were just going off ASVAB scores.
Triumph_MAC
Well-Known Member
I’m not too sure on how it is administered or if there is a difference. I follow an LDO/CWO community thread on FB. The administrator mentioned the ASVAB was no longer going to be required due to a new ASTB being used for AVO. The updated PA 106A should be out sometime before the board though.
There’s an LDO/CWO roadshow coming to Hawaii, I plan to attend and ask those questions about the PA and ASTB.
elariosa95
SNA (A-Pool)
I emailed my recruiter this morning about re-taking my ASTB and he said something about the test proctor changing. I'm guessing that has something to do with that.
Forgive me for being uninformed, but I'm assuming this is a major change to the test. Will the content still be the same? How is this going to affect testing in the future?
I have 0 details regarding this. However, if I had to make a crude guess it would be that there will be an SNA/NFO ASTB and an AVO ASTB, with different material on each.
elariosa95
SNA (A-Pool)
My recruiter just got back to me, apparently the only change is that there's going to be a different person administering the tests here in my area lol
More importantly, the test itself won't have any changes, so that was good to hear
Hi, what did you use to study for the OAR?