Introduction
DART is the dynamic radar module in the FEAST Preparation Suite. It is part of FEAST II, together with Radar Control and Multi Pass. It develops divided attention and spatial reasoning using a circular radar, several aircraft you control, grey traffic you do not, numbered waypoints, and a spoken-number task.
The task
Each green aircraft is going through numbered waypoints in order. Click it to select it. When it reaches the current number it sits there for a few seconds, then it is released toward the next. After the last waypoint it turns grey and you no longer control it.
Enter a heading and press Set heading, then use the flight-level controls when an aircraft needs to climb or descend. Turns and level changes take time, so a last-second instruction may not prevent a conflict. If an aircraft does not reach its waypoint in time, the waypoint is counted as missed. Grey aircraft cannot be selected.
Grey traffic keeps arriving. Pairs of grey aircraft do not crash into each other, but a green aircraft and a grey one at the same flight level will. Conflicts show first. Leave them and they crash. When a number is spoken, type it in the audio box and press Answer audio. A wrong number or an empty window both count. The prompt does not wait until you have finished a heading.
Difficulty runs from EASY, through Medium and Hard, to TEST. The central task remains the same throughout: guide controlled aircraft through their waypoints, keep them separated from grey traffic, and respond to the audio task when it is active.
Priorities
Separation still comes first, but the aircraft that needs it is often not the one you have selected. After that it is the green aircraft whose waypoint time is running out, then a heading that actually points at the next ring, then the audio box. Grey traffic is easy to treat as background until it is already on the nose. The spoken number is easy to miss because it is only a digit with no callsign attached.
The tutorial walks the green diamond, the grey traffic, the numbered waypoint, the spoken number, and the heading and FL controls, then you fly the first head-on yourself. Radar Control and Multi Pass are the other FEAST II modules in this suite. A longer write-up of that stage is in How to Prepare for FEAST II.
Disclaimer: FEAST Preparation Suite is an independent training tool designed to support candidates preparing for air traffic controller assessments. This product is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to EUROCONTROL or the FEAST test. FEAST is a registered trademark of EUROCONTROL. All training modules are original and independently developed. The exercises included in this product are designed to strengthen the core ability areas important for air traffic controller screening. While some modules may resemble the style of tasks candidates can encounter during selection, they are not intended to simulate, reproduce, or replicate any official test.
