Talk:Rainbow Dash/@comment-99.246.113.236-20130321195517/@comment-99.246.113.236-20130331144226

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Perhaps, despite the impressive speed, the sonic rainboom lacked the "cumulative H2O anti-gravitational potential" needed to optimally contribute to the effort. Perhaps this was a different sort of task, and simply going quickly does not get the job done. For starters, the tornado-generating techniques portrayed in the show violate Newton's third law, by generating wind in the same direction that one is travelling in. This is not a problem; the laws of physics are different in Equestria. Actions do not necessarily have equal and opposite reactions. But perhaps one must fly in a certain manner in order to perform this feat, and perhaps that ruled out the sonic rainboom. This would also explain why she cannot perform her cloudspin at hypersonic speeds, and why it is possible to loose control of a twister if one pushes oneself too hard as shown in Wonderbolts Academy.