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Offline Raptor

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« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2006, 05:05:35 PM »
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What I saw might very well have been off wing roots intead of wing tips.  I can't replicate it offline, and I have seen it online only once.

The person you were fighting probably accidentally turned their engine off and when they turned it back on you saw the start up smoke

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« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2006, 12:30:20 AM »
Or it was a spit mk I, and the engine cut out on him under negative G, and re-fired when fuel was restored.
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« Reply #17 on: February 02, 2006, 01:24:07 AM »
It was a Typhoon, but I guess it could have been an engine restart.