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I'm off to OASC 9th of May, so have been gemming up on my Speed Distance Time calculations. My boyfriend put together a site to help me out. Thought it might be of use to some of you, as you can do online tests to practice.
Be warned some of the questions are evil! Let me know if you have any useful links that we can add to the 'links' page.
www.speeddistancetime.info
If any of you have recently come back from OASC it would be good to know whether you think the site is on the right lines to help with the preparation.
Hope you find it helpful!
Be warned some of the questions are evil! Let me know if you have any useful links that we can add to the 'links' page.
www.speeddistancetime.info
If any of you have recently come back from OASC it would be good to know whether you think the site is on the right lines to help with the preparation.
Hope you find it helpful!
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Monkeynuts26
These are the sort of sums that pilots and WSOs need to be able to do in their sleep. By the end of flying training, if you can't do these sort of sums instinctively - well, I doubt you will be at the end of flying training!
One small point though, I'm not sure what the OASC questions are like nowdays, but I assume they are semi realistic. Aircraft speeds are ususally kept to some function of 6 or thereabouts, ie 600kts, 540kts, 480kts, or in the case of a Herc, 300 kts, 240kts, 210kts, 180kts. It is also helpful to know how fast these speeds are in miles (nautical miles) per minute, ie 4 mpm, 3 1/2 mpm, 3 mpm.
These are the sort of sums that pilots and WSOs need to be able to do in their sleep. By the end of flying training, if you can't do these sort of sums instinctively - well, I doubt you will be at the end of flying training!
One small point though, I'm not sure what the OASC questions are like nowdays, but I assume they are semi realistic. Aircraft speeds are ususally kept to some function of 6 or thereabouts, ie 600kts, 540kts, 480kts, or in the case of a Herc, 300 kts, 240kts, 210kts, 180kts. It is also helpful to know how fast these speeds are in miles (nautical miles) per minute, ie 4 mpm, 3 1/2 mpm, 3 mpm.
Thanks for your comments. The site is more about getting used to speed distance time relationships in preparation for more complicated calculations...
I use it to keep my mental arithmetic sharp, which is why all the questions are easy enough to do in your head. For example, converting knots to mph requires multiplying by 1.15, which needs pen and paper.
It's not intended to replicate any questions you may come across at OASC, more a bit of a work out for your brain...
How did you get on at OASC KSPin?
I use it to keep my mental arithmetic sharp, which is why all the questions are easy enough to do in your head. For example, converting knots to mph requires multiplying by 1.15, which needs pen and paper.
It's not intended to replicate any questions you may come across at OASC, more a bit of a work out for your brain...
How did you get on at OASC KSPin?
I 'm not sure, I made it through all 4 days (which I was very relieved at) but I think it's hard to evaluate your own performance at part 2. Although, saying that, I just tell people that 'I have a chance'. 
Just waiting for the letter to tell me my score. Around three weeks they said, can take longer, but it can also take a shorter amount of time.
Just waiting for the letter to tell me my score. Around three weeks they said, can take longer, but it can also take a shorter amount of time.
I'll give you an example of the sort of questions they asked, although they may not be entirely accurate.
One was, two airports, A and B, are 600 miles apart, one aircraft takes off from A, and heads towards B at 600 miles per hour, another takes off from B and heads towards A at 250 miles per hour. When do they meet? Or what distance from A do they meet?
One was, two airports, A and B, are 600 miles apart, one aircraft takes off from A, and heads towards B at 600 miles per hour, another takes off from B and heads towards A at 250 miles per hour. When do they meet? Or what distance from A do they meet?
KSpin
I'll give you an example of the sort of questions they asked, although they may not be entirely accurate.
One was, two airports, A and B, are 600 miles apart, one aircraft takes off from A, and heads towards B at 600 miles per hour, another takes off from B and heads towards A at 250 miles per hour. When do they meet? Or what distance from A do they meet?
One was, two airports, A and B, are 600 miles apart, one aircraft takes off from A, and heads towards B at 600 miles per hour, another takes off from B and heads towards A at 250 miles per hour. When do they meet? Or what distance from A do they meet?
Was this during the planning exercises?
What was your interview like? What current affairs questions did you get?
I'm sure you're sick of answering questions about OASC, so i won't ask anymore i promise!
That was during the Aptitude Test mental questions. I found the interview to be more pleasant, and less of a grilling than I originally thought.
They asked me about NATO, how many members there were, and if I could name 3 of the new members (I just about managed to remember three).
The current affairs was more to do with the topics that I had picked. We talked about Operation Kratos, and what my opinion was of it. We also spoke about the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, and whether the statements that it was because New Orleans was full of black people, was the reason why aid hasn't been more forthcoming.
I don't mind questions about OASC, as long as they're sensible!
They asked me about NATO, how many members there were, and if I could name 3 of the new members (I just about managed to remember three).
The current affairs was more to do with the topics that I had picked. We talked about Operation Kratos, and what my opinion was of it. We also spoke about the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, and whether the statements that it was because New Orleans was full of black people, was the reason why aid hasn't been more forthcoming.
I don't mind questions about OASC, as long as they're sensible!
KSpin
I don't mind questions about OASC, as long as they're sensible!
How much was the beer ?
I thought it was £1.20 Carling, £1.40 Grolsch? When I was there in March, I only had to do part 2, but was there on the wednesday night (before interviews). As such, me and some 36 year old REME (Army engineer, going for RAF commission) got pissed in the Candidates mess, I didn't have to get up til 11 the next morning
StringyP
One of the boarding officers who came into the Mess while I was there said how it's extremely common for people from the other two services to join the RAF, but he's never heard of someone going in the other direction. Maybe says a lot about those forces.
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