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The Scissors is a series of turns designed to force an attacker on your six to give up his angle advantage. See the animation below.
 Animation by Karaya One of the Flying Pigs This is a very aggressive move. If you try to use it, it's important that you think aggressively. I've seen people perform the Scissors on me, and gain advantage back to a neutral fight. Then they stupidly reverse a turn, and turn away from me - giving me back the advantage. Once he starts this, finish him off. The desired result is to force an eventual overshoot, and a total reversal, putting you in the driver's seat on his six.
The steps to execute the Scissors are fairly simple, and with practice it's an extremely reliable move. In explaining this maneuver, we'll assume that you are defensive with a bogie on your six at D6 to D7. If he is farther out, use short turns to get him close, but don't let him get a good tracking shot at you. Once he is in the proper position, execute the following steps.
"You have got to be aggressive in this move, and be FAST on the reversals. He has to react to your actions so he'll be slower, and you'll gain well each time. Once you reach that neutral point, keep the momentum going against him, and take the fight to him. Usually he's blown his E trying to pull lead the whole time, and you will be able to quickly put him on the defensive." "To practice this, go to the arena and let a guy get on your six and shake him, then do it again and again. Soon you'll have a mental image of where he should be when you reverse. You'll find the "right" moment to make the turns for each of the planes you fly." "Final points - the first left or right break is held longer than the rest - that's the one that gets him to bite into the cookie. Once he does that all the rest are short and fast - dictated by how long it takes him to react and try to reverse." "Try to keep your nose neutral to slightly nose low, or you'll drop too much E, but slowing is not totally bad. It helps force the overshoot, so just maintain enough E to maneuver, and you'll get him." "Some more advanced pilots will eventually catch on that they are losing their angle and try to go vertical before they totally lose their advantage. You have to be patient and judge your energy state versus his. You might be able to get in a quick snap shot, but more likely he'll drop back on you for a repeat attempt. Don't panic. Take the time to level and trim out, then maybe a shallow dive to get speed up. He's at an even lower energy advantage now, and if you are patient and try to maintain your speed while he zooms, you can do this move over and over until he bleeds his E, and you'll get him."
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