TBAS Prep
Hey everyone! For anyone who crushed the TBAS could you provide any insight into your preparation? I don't want to know anything about the actual test itself or violate any rules in that space. But I'm curious to know what folks were doing to prepare before the TBAS who ended up with 99 PCSMs. I have a 99 Pilot AFOQT, so knocking this out of the park is high on my list towards getting that 99 PCSM.
There is a TBAS test program on steam (the video game platform) called TBAS Study Pro that I used. Helped me a lot to get familiar with the types of tasks, but youll need your own flight stick and pedals for part of it.
brayden-blake Awesome, thank you for responding! I got set-up on that about a week ago and I've been rolling with it. Do you recall what settings you were using for the aircraft tracking? Like max difficulty, max sensitivity? And what scores you were getting on that section? I can't seem to break mid 70s on the tracking when doing the USAF assessment and I'm like 60-70% on target on the practices on max difficulty. I'm trying to figure out if I need to make this more of a priority over the next couple of weeks before the test or if this is 'normal'. I'm on pace with the Directional Orientation and Multi-tasking but Aircraft Tracking has me concerned.
drranghiasci Make sure as well it is 'inverted' like a regular flight stick, (pull back and right on the stick, the cursor goes up and left) I practiced without it inverted, but ended up doing fine. If you're running max settings though you should be totally set up to succeed. Especially in the Study Pro, its not really a test of perfection, more of cognitive agility to stress you.
Hey man! I would also recommend TBAS study pro on steam. Do max settings on everything. I did 5 mins of just rudder then 5 mins of just joystick and then 2 rounds of 10 mins for both at the same time. Then I did directional for 6 mins (try to get 100% under 2s per question), then 10 mins of multitasking. I did that everyday for about 1.5 months leading up to my tbas. I also tracked what I got on every single run to make sure I was improving, I can share the doc I tracked those on with you if you want it. I ended up with a 99 pcsm.
ryan-briller Yeah that'd be awesome! I'll shoot you an IM thank you!
I used TBAS Test Prep Tools on tbastestprep.com. When practicing, try to ace all the UAV questions quickly and be comfortable doing three digit addition/subtraction while multitasking. I studied on and off for a couple weeks before the test and ended up with a 99 PCSM. Your AFOQT score and flight hours will definitely play into it as well so I'd say the most important part is getting good sleep the night before and eating a good breakfast so you can stay focused during the test. Best of luck dude!
dws_2004 Copy that, thank you for taking the time to reach out!
