Team Tactics Pop Quiz


The following is a take home test. It's geared towards the 'relatively new' people of AW. It also contains some things pertaining to team tactics.

You need to get theysuck.zip off of rex and view it as many times as you like, any way that you like. Then answer the following questions that pertain to the given time period. Difficulty is posted at the end of the question. Answers may be found here or with each question.

Overview - Pyro (6072) and I (Rabid) are both in F6f's. We've been jumped by 5 high A-landers. Pyro kills one, leaving 4 of them, but an A-land F4u is en route from the northeast. The film starts at this point.


  1. [00:01 - 00:30] What's the fundamental reason that planes #4 (F6) and #2 (F6) are taken out first. Rephrased, why did we attack them first. (hint:#2 has 2 reasons) Too easy.
  2. [00:45 - 00:50] I'm following plane #0 (F4u), but I break off to the opposite direction, why? Not too easy.
  3. [01:00 - 01:10] I'm screwing up. Exactly why did I just get pinged twice. What could I have done to prevent it? Easy.
  4. [01:30 - 02:30] What error did plane #1 (P47) make? What error is plane #5 (F4u) making? Easy.
  5. [02:25 - 02:35] Pyro breaks off, why? First reason, easy. Second reason, hard.
  6. [03:15] I break off to get alt, why? Too easy.
  7. overall What do you think was the underlying reason that caused them to fail? Why did Pyro and I succeed?

Last modified: Sat Aug 27 01:54:08 CDT 1994
Jim Knutson (Red Beard), knutson@cactus.org