Text Size
Member Login

A Hot Day on Cactus

alt

Artist Credit: daddog screen shot

After a brutal shelling during the night, The men on cactus woke up to hear that 11 troop transports were steaming down the slot covered by a large force of Zero fighters. The American force that scrambled from cactus consisted of 14 Wildcats and 10 Army fighters. They would need them all. Carrier aircraft from the Enterprise would launch and help cactus aircraft keep the transports at bay. At the end of the day, seven Japanese transports lay at the bottom of the ocean.

In this Snap Shot the Cactus Air Force will engage the Japanese convoy, and their escort.

Arena
SEA

Country Percentages
60% Japanese
40% American
 
Allies:
Units:
F4F-4 50%
P-39D 50%
 
Orders:
Take off from Henderson Field A3, locate and destroy enemy shipping heading to Guadalcanal in sector 13,9. Engage any enemy fighters.
 
Restrictions:
Fighters may not carry drop tanks or bombs. P-39s may not use the 20mm cannon option. Altitude cap 20k.
 
Axis:
Units:
A6M3 100%
 
Orders:
 Take off from A11 and engage any enemy fighters over Task Force heading to Guadacanal V6.
 
Restrictions:
Fighters must stay within visual range of the convoy once linked up. Fighters may not carry drop tanks or bombs. Altitude cap 20k.

alt 

Victory Conditions
A6M3 - 15 points
Wildcat - 15  points
P-39D - 15 points
Ship - 30 points
 
Arena Settings
1.   Terrain -  solomons
2.   Icon - short
3.   Radar - off
4.   Fighter and bomber warning range - 79,200 feet
5.   Tower warning range - 79,200 feet
6.   Visibility - 17 miles
7.   Wind - none
8.   External view bombers - N/A
9.   Friendly collisions - off
10. Enemy collisions - on
11. Kill shooter - off
12. Fuel burn rate - 1.0
13. Time - 9 AM
14. Ack - .2
15. Ship hardness and multiplier - 2000 lbs x.33 (it takes roughly 660 lbs. of ordinance to sink a destroyer/cruiser, and roughly 2800 lbs to sink a carrier)
 
Designer Notes
none

CM Notes
none

Design By
Nefarious 412th FS
 
Updated 02/2013 by Wildcat1

CB Login