@ALIS
I would have to say I think you’re quite wrong. While there is no doubt that Rainbow Dash is something of a freak when it comes to physical, ability, the idea that she has “stronger forelegs” or whatever is an idea that makes no sense, for the reasons already given. And since they have already been given, there’s no need to go back and forth about this repeatedly.
“Nonsense. She can’t use one set without supporting them with the other.”
Someone has forgotten the scene entirely. Rainbow Dash never uses her forelegs to stop the cart, she puts her back against the cart and uses her hind legs to try and stop it. Her position is faulty and she tumbles over.
MDW uses both her fore and hind legs to stop the cart making an arch so she can’t tumble. It does not show AJ is stronger at all, just her positioning was better.
“Rainbow Dash’s wings are what she chiefly exercises as an athlete,”
Rainbow Dash exercises everything of course like any athlete would. That is why she could keep up with AJ in every single event.
“It was totally a fluke.”
False, Rainbow’s forelegs are as strong or stronger than AJ’s. Rainbow Dash is just as strong as AJ in everything except her hind legs. The show constantly paints them as equals, it is you who does not and without evidence.
@ALIS
I still contend that must’ve been a fluke, since it doesn’t make much sense. After all, RD’s laziness is well established, and in MMDW Dash said that AJ was stronger than she was.
@Jackarunda @turningpoint
You’re watching a show where one of the main characters can uproot trees wih a single kick of her hind legs and one of the minor characters can shatter boulders with her front hooves and has super speed on the ground.
Oh - another one of the main characters also has super speed on the ground and enough hoof strength to power a small helicopter (note: all of them are earth ponies).
Probably not that expensive because it has no motor.
Also the reason helicoptors are expensive has more to do with no practical everyday use for them. They could produce them as cheap as cars if they wanted too. Here’s one that costs less than 25 grand. Imagine if they produced things like this the same way they do Honda’s
We as a society could be like helicopter Jetsons but someone smarter than us realized how much the layman drives recklessly, drinks, does drugs, speeds and so forth on a ground vehicle. With the added bonus that a crash could take out a building they decided to regulate the shit outta coptors so you need special training, traffic control, flight plans, landing zones, safty regs, ect that cars don’t have. That makes it cost, time and utility prohibitive to use them like cars.
In magical horse land air crashes do not make breaking news about “a horrific tragedy”. So I doubt they mind all that much with pegasii, balloons and pedal-coptors.
@Flak
To put all that in perspective, the most successful human-powered helicopter to date is the AeroVelo Atlas, which reached a maximum altitude of 3.3 meters (11 feet) and was specifically designed to stay low to the ground. It’s more like a ground effect vehicle than a true aircraft. That earth pony hooves can generate enough horsepower–pun totally intended–to keep a normal helicopter airborne is goddamn amazing.
