Er... you got the F-18 calculations wrong.

Screwattack Death Battle: Starscream vs Rainbow Dash by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-19 00:08:00 UTC Reply

This right hereis a Death Battle every MLP: FiM fan needs to watch.

Starscream and Rainbow Dash fight to the death. No, I'm not joking. I know this sounds weird as all get out, but lend me an ear.

Starscream gets treated like Wile E Coyote for a few minutes before Dash literally eats his soul. This is, strange enough, fairly in character. I have no idea who or what prompted Wiz and Boomstick to do this, but I thank them.

Let's see how this blows over...

Epic. by Frostbiter on 2012-02-22 03:08:00 UTC Reply

AWESOME. Rainbow Dash FTW!
That. Was. AWESOME! by Stan on 2012-02-22 00:46:00 UTC Reply

Rainbow Dash curb stomping Starscream?
Pure awesomeness!

For the record, I am not a brony.
Ponies are HYPERSONIC???!!!! by Sergio Turbo on 2012-02-19 08:58:00 UTC Reply

Yes, I'm overpunctuating and capslocking.

It. Doesn't. Make. Any. Sense!

Yet, I still see a pony curbstomping Starscream as something awesome. He got his afterburners rightfully kicked.

And, for the ones who didn't notice it, the still image of a F-15 shooting a pony in the beginning actually isn't Starscream.
Notice how only the right wing is red? That's Solo Wing Pixy from Ace Combat Zero. And I'm sure he would be able to give a better fight to Rainbow Dash.

Must start working again on that Plasma-Pulse Engine equipped F-22 again. A pony going at 7800 MPH? There must be a way to beat that. Seriously, if a pony can be that fast, there is something faster.

Re: Ponies are HYPERSONIC???!!!! by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-19 11:58:00 UTC Reply

Actually, Rainbow Dash is the only pony to break the sound barrier that we know of.

But yes. She survives things that would kill Wile E Coyote on a daily basis. She's been struck by lightning, smacked into trees at speeds that seemed only slightly less than sonic, as well as smacking into other ponies and falling off roofs, courtesy of our friend Derpy. Ponies in general are physically resilient- Pinkie Pie survived a bath in a dragon's fire- but Rainbow Dash especially.

I don't think you could get much faster without some serious aid from gods, demigods, or at least some incredibly powerful magic-users.

And it makes perfect sense. If Wiz and Boomstick have come to this conclusion... Well, I trust them. This is a huge victory for Bronies on the road to proving to everyone else that our fandom is awesome.

Re: Ponies are HYPERSONIC???!!!! by MrEldritch on 2012-02-20 06:40:00 UTC Reply

Especially considering the g's she's pulled.

If you do the math, Rainbow Dash is tougher than any substance
known to humans.

(Eventually, the ponies build a space elevator by stacking Rainbow Dashes on top of each other.)

Re: Ponies are HYPERSONIC???!!!! by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-20 07:05:00 UTC Reply

Yeah, she pulls some pretty high Gs. Let's see, an F-18 Hornet fighter pilot at Mach 2.8 pulls 10 Gs on a turn. Dash flies at freaking Mach 10, which is around 3.57 times that. 10x3.57=35.7 Gs. In other words, on turns, Rainbow Dash gets to feel like she weighs about 35.7 times her actual body weight. This would probably not just suck the blood from a human's head to their feet- it would squish us like bugs.

So yeah, way stronger than anything known to man. She's tough even for a cartoon character- and I've seen toons survive everything from nitroglycerin explosions right in their faces to falling about 40,000 feet. This pony is pulling the sort of stuff that would leave even Bugs Bunny or Wile E Coyote a pile of bloody mush and fur.

Now, for whatever reason, I see a bunch of pegasi taking off and flying to the tune of Iron Maiden's Aces High.

Er... you got the F-18 calculations wrong. by Sergio Turbo on 2012-02-20 11:44:00 UTC Reply

There's no way an F-18 can reach such a speed. In fact, a "clean" (no ordinance) F-18 can reach only Mach 1.8. With full ordinance load it is said to be barely supersonic at all.

In fact, there is actually only one fighter jet in the world to reach Mach 2.8, the Mig-31, and even it can only reach it at high alitude. And it's an interceptor with brick-like maneuvrability, completely unable to pull high-G maneuvres.

That makes Rainbow Dash even more awesome, probably.

Re: Er... you got the F-18 calculations wrong. by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-21 12:31:00 UTC Reply

Oh, bollocks! I've used the wrong numbers! I should know this stuff! I am really suppose to know this, and I don't! Now I feel ridiculous. And didn't Wiz and Boomstick say the F-22 Raptor was at Mach 2.8? Regardless, I know the F-18 pilots are still doing 10 Gs, because I was actually talking to one once and he said he would have weighted in at around 2000 pounds- ten times the normal weight of a guy like him. Therefore, 10 Gs. Regardless, the point Remains that Dash is sustaining some insane Gs up there.

Where the Heck would I talk to the pilot of a CF-18? you may ask. Well, the Canadian Cadet Movement has just as much magic as friendship. It's Heck to be taking care of my flight some nights, but it's all worth it in the end when I get to see them on parade at the end of the night.

Not that unbelievable. by Sergio Turbo on 2012-02-21 13:14:00 UTC Reply

I am myself in airspace sector - currently doing a training course to become a final assembly worker in AgustaWestland. And for doing that they require you know well how aircrafts and especially helicopters work. (To the point that with enough hard work you can rise from "assembly line" to "manager", since you already know nearly all about helicopter industry)

Wiz and Boomstick got the F-22 figure wrong - it gets "only" to Mach 2.25. Yet again, being America's new supremacy toy, the real speed could also be higher.

Dont feel bad about getting the numbers wrong - in an old story of mine I said that an F-14 was capable of doing Japan-France at Mach 2.8 continously. Not only the Tomcat gets only to 2.34, but it has also less than one third of that range. And not at maximum speed.

Such a travel would be possible only to an SR-71, with at least one air refueling.

Don't forget the Orbital Friendship Cannon. by Duothimir on 2012-02-19 19:59:00 UTC Reply

Hint: That's not a cannonball.

Here's a better link, for those who can't access the first: by Pretzel on 2012-02-19 04:02:00 UTC Reply

Click me!
As Rainbow Dash would say... by HerrWozzeck on 2012-02-19 03:45:00 UTC Reply

That. Was. Awwwessssoooome!!!!!!

Seriously, it was a cool death match, even if it was skewed a bit in RD's favor.

I wonder what a deathmatch between Commander Shepard and Isaac Clarke would look like...

Re: As Rainbow Dash would say... by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-19 12:04:00 UTC Reply

Well, I would suggest asking Wiz and Boomstick about it. These fellows are always open to suggestions. I believe you can speak to them at screwattack.com

They have a long history of being "Deadliest Warrior" for fictional characters. They've also matched up Samus Aran and Bobba Fett, as well as Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker and Kratos and Spawn. These guys are insane. They even settled Sonic vs Mario. So I think they'd be willing to do that.
Well... by SeaTurtle on 2012-02-19 05:06:00 UTC Reply

As long as Shepard stays off the floor, s/he won't have to face Clarke's boot.

Otherwise, it can go either way.

As awesome as it was... by SeaTurtle on 2012-02-19 00:41:00 UTC Reply

It was a curb-stomp battle in RD's favour.

Not that there's anything wrong with it, of course.

Re: As awesome as it was... by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-19 00:46:00 UTC Reply

I'm glad you enjoyed.

It's just great to finally see Rainbow Dash kick some serious tail.