Smoke Puff Hit Indications

[xtyger]

Sorry if this has been asked here before. Nobody I've asked in Midwar knows, or so they say:

Whey you get a hit on a plane, sometimes a puff of smoke follows the hit. Sometimes they're dark smoke. Sometimes light. What do they mean? Is there a difference between the two?

[PFactorDave]

I didn't think anyone actually ever shot at each other in Midwar...   

Interested to know if there is a difference between the white and dark puffs myself...

[1MADDOG1]

Black smoke = Usually Oil or Engine hit

White Smoke = Usually Fuel Hit

Usually.... 

[PFactorDave]

Black smoke = Usually Oil or Engine hit

White Smoke = Usually Fuel Hit

Usually.... 

Don't think he is talking about the streams of vapor that indicate a fuel or oil leak.  When shooting crossing high deflection shots you will often see a single puff of smoke as well as the hit sprite.

[FLS]

There is also a smoke puff with collisions. Perhaps it indicates damage while the sprites simply show hits.

[EskimoJoe]

Black puff, 30mm hit. white puff 20mm and below IIRC

[PFactorDave]

Black puff, 30mm hit. white puff 20mm and below IIRC

Thought 30mm gave a firey looking puff.  Pretty sure I have seen black puffs, and I never fly the tater birds.  Well, very rarely anyway.

[EskimoJoe]

Thought 30mm gave a firey looking puff.  Pretty sure I have seen black puffs, and I never fly the tater birds.  Well, very rarely anyway.

Yes, but the fire doesn't last as long as the black smoke IIRC.

[chaser]

I see black puffs ever now and then with bullets smaller than the taters.

[Daddkev]

  Now I want tatertots and im gonna puff, puff,