diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/PPos.cs b/OpenRA.Game/PPos.cs
index 05f757eb6e..77df86eb58 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/PPos.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/PPos.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,25 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			return a + ((PVecInt)(b - a) * mul / div);
 		}
 
+		public static PPos Average(params PPos[] list)
+		{
+			if (list == null || list.Length == 0)
+				throw new ArgumentException("PPos: Cannot calculate average of empty list.");
+
+			var x = 0;
+			var y = 0;
+			foreach(var pos in list)
+			{
+				x += pos.X;
+				y += pos.Y;
+			}
+
+			x /= list.Length;
+			y /= list.Length;
+
+			return new PPos(x,y);
+		}
+
 		public float2 ToFloat2() { return new float2(X, Y); }
 		public int2 ToInt2() { return new int2(X, Y); }
 		public CPos ToCPos() { return new CPos((int)(1f / Game.CellSize * X), (int)(1f / Game.CellSize * Y)); }
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Contrail.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Contrail.cs
index 1fa6602b5c..95de6f5b33 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Contrail.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Contrail.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 	{
 		public readonly int[] ContrailOffset = {0, 0};
 
-		public readonly int TrailLength = 20;
+		public readonly int TrailLength = 25;
 		public readonly Color Color = Color.White;
 		public readonly bool UsePlayerColor = true;
 
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 			Color trailStart = Color;
 			Color trailEnd = Color.FromArgb(trailStart.A - 255 / TrailLength, trailStart.R, trailStart.G, trailStart.B);
 
-			for (int i = positions.Count - 1 - StartSkip; i >= 1; --i)
+			for (int i = positions.Count - 1 - StartSkip; i >= 4; --i)
 			{
-				var conPos = positions[i];
-				var nextPos = positions[i - 1];
+				var conPos = PPos.Average(positions[i], positions[i-1], positions[i-2], positions[i-3]);
+				var nextPos = PPos.Average(positions[i-1], positions[i-2], positions[i-3], positions[i-4]);
 
 				if (self.World.RenderedShroud.IsVisible(conPos.ToCPos()) ||
 					self.World.RenderedShroud.IsVisible(nextPos.ToCPos()))