Instruments
Hard
ORI
Orientation (COMPASS)
Read three instruments, place the aircraft
COMPASS Orientation (Bearings): interrogate three aircraft instruments — a Direction Indicator, an Artificial Horizon and a Relative Bearing Indicator — and pick the one aircraft (of four) whose heading, bank and position around the central beacon match all three. Tests spatial awareness and combined instrument reading.
Duration
~6 min
Length
12 questions
Difficulty
Hard
This test is part of Pro.
What to expect
- Three instruments: DI (heading), Artificial Horizon (bank), RBI (beacon bearing).
- Four aircraft around a central beacon to choose from.
- Only one matches heading, bank and position.
- An explanation after every answer.
What it measures
- Spatial awareness
- Reading three instruments together
- Mental rotation & bearing
Instructions
- 1DI — which way is the black aircraft pointing? Match the nose.
- 2Artificial Horizon — is it banking left, level or right? Match the green arrow's tilt.
- 3Bearing Indicator — the yellow arrow points from the aircraft towards the beacon, so the aircraft sits on the opposite side of it.
- 4One contradicting instrument rules an answer out.
Tips
- Arrow down-and-right means the beacon is down-right of the aircraft — so the aircraft is the one in the top-left.
- On the horizon, the outer blue/brown ring is fixed — the inner disc is the part that tilts.
- Work all three cues — two aircraft often share a heading, so the beacon direction is the decider.
Format: Three-instrument spatial reasoning · 12 questions