Hey why does this happen? Just wondering

[stansdds]

Smoke from a damaged engine is usually the result of an oil leak. Get enough oil leaking and burning and you can set the rubber fuel lines, ignition wires, and gaskets on fire. Once a fuel line is ignited, you have a really hot and big fire. At the time, engines, engine mounts, and wings are made of all sorts of materials. Steel, copper, brass and aluminum don't burn easily, but will melt. Magnesium, on the other hand, will burn with a white-hot intensity. Wing spars were sometimes made with magnesium, some engine parts such as oil sumps were also magnesium. Wing sections were often covered with canvas, which will also burn nicely.

[Zorin]

Originally Posted by 335th_GRAthos

Good question to ask OX.

Now that you got the answer on this, since you seem to be a person interested in the details of the game, I have a better one for you:

OK, your engine or wing is on fire.

Do you know that when you initiate a steep dive with high speed you can set the fire out?
Ever wondered why?

Because you deprive the fire the oxygen. The high speed results in a depression in the hollow spaces of the wing (e. g. fuel tank) or the engine housing (e.g. oil tank). That way the fire dies and as soon as you level out or loose speed the spaces will fill themselves with air again which leads to a new ignition of the fire.