Speaking of pegasi, what I found odd is that their wings propels are vastly disproportionate to their wingbeat frequency. I am no expert in aerodynamics or physics (is anyone here one? correct me if I am wrong), but from what I observed in many species' of birds, pegasi would have to beat their wings at least several times more to generate their average speed.
MLP doesn't even pretend to obey normal physics. As the saying goes, 'It's magic, I ain't gotta explain shit'
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
Flying for pegasi is a mix of propulsion and inherent magic.
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
@JT - I don't know, I really have no problem with pegasi's interaction with cloud, but their casual defiance of aerodynamics comes off to me as odd.
Mind you, I am not even a science major.
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If I might be allowed a Doylist justification, it just doesn't look good when you animate it that fast.
I gaze off into the boundless skyline.
Noteblock choirs playing in the sunshine.
Look, I don't make up the physics, I just follow them. Ask Colin if he ever shows up. Physics is his specialty.
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
@ Orion I was asking to see if there any reference of you I can use for some of mu sketches, with your permission of course.
@Ed She was reducing the density of the cloud to prevent it from sinking. Pretty sound logic, actually.
Physics is a myth, like germs or women's rights.
@David: Mu? Is that short for something?
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
Considering the size of their wings in proportion to their bodies, they would have to flap their wings as much as, perhaps even more than, your average sparrow. In Rainbow Dash's case, probably a hummingbird on caffein.
Of course, magical talking ponies, hoo-bucking-rah.
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@David: May I see some of your works before I say anything? For the most part, I am pretty ok with you making sketches of me.
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
Kay, let me scan some of my art work first I suppose.
Also, someone once tried to tell me that physics doesn't exist because the current rules may be discovered to be inadequate or incorrect some time in the future.
Well, there is at least
partial truth in it. I mean, there was a time when there wasn't even the concept of the First Law of Thermodynamics. It was actually discovered not
too long ago; it was first stated by Rudolf Clausius in 1850, which is pretty recent where scientific history goes.
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@Kegisak: There is a concept out there related to fallibility that basically says "It might be the case that everything we think know about physics is actually bunk, we just have discovered it yet", but that's less "physics doesn't exist" and more "we just don't understand it as well as we think we do". Not sure if that's what this guy was talking about, though.
With all this talk about pegasus flight, this would be perfect for Twilight to explain.
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
Bear in mind given their surface are, a pegasi's wings wouldn't even allow them to glide, much less fly
Their wings would have to at the very least three to four times as wider in order to give them enough surface to let them glide.
Man, can you imagine physics without laws of motions and thermodynamics?
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