Yeah, bit of an artificial exercise, that, with the instructor/examiner doing the flying whilst you mess around with pens and maps and stuff.
A VERY nice examiner! As I understand it, you can ask the examiner to draw a line for you, having told him/her exactly where you want it drawn. This is in a helicopter, anyway. Everything else, you do yourself. That's reasonable; in real life, you'd either have a passenger who could draw a line, or you'd have an empty seat with all the stuff on it, so it'd be slightly easier to do it yourself. But once you've drawn your line, you estimate headings, times etc. Nobody should be doing the flying for you.
It's tough, which is why in real life I like flying with another pilot if possible.
