Heck, “A Cutie Re-Mark” had Rainbow Dash with a prosthetic wing. A common hang glider (as seen in “Call of the Cutie”) could also work, or even Tank’s propeller.

Instead we had it left mostly ambiguous whether Scootaloo had anything medically wrong with her wings or was simply having trouble learning to fly, but never the briefest mention of anyone offering her any sort of assistance in that department.

Well, no Scoots. The writers hate you.

This aged well.

Welp.

@Keith Mowz  
Like Clark flying at the very end of Smallville?

@Keith Mowz  
Hmm. If done right, it could be pretty neat.

What I’d love is for it to be her crowning moment of awesome. That not-even-realizing-it sudden reaction to a serious situation having her up in the air before she has a chance to realize what she’s doing to make the save.

@Phantom Rider  
Yeah, it’s an appreciative amount of healthy optimism.

Things like this are why I’m glad they handled it the way they did instead of what everyone seemed to want, namely making it just like the fanfics where she goes to the doctor, finds she has [insert made-up condition here] that absolutely rules out her ever flying, despairs about it until RD or someone makes her feel better, and never thinks about flying again.
 
The way the show did it makes it something that can be applied to more characters (and people not in cartoonland) and situations, and it enables stories like this.

@Fwelin  
She had speed, no doubt, but I don’t think it was many times greater than terminal…
 
In any case, I really don’t suggest hitting the ground at terminal speed. If pegasi have, I’d chalk that up to cartoon physics rather than canon.
 
Also, if you’re hurtling towards the ground, you’re probably either braking or turning (So that your downward component of velocity is rapidly shrinking), thus, unless she was trying to kill herself (rather unlikely), I think she was under terminal speed.

@Cirrus Light  
Because of the way that the sound effects and gazes of her friends were going, Rainbow didn’t crash from losing speed and then falling out of the sky, but rather crashed into the geound with most of her normal speed still propelling her. Remember thag Rainbow can change direction on a literal dime, so there’s no need for her to accelerate downward to hit the ground at far greater than terminal velocity.

@Fwelin  
Even at a few tens of feet, she wouldn’t reach terminal velocity before impact from gravity alone.
 
Fun fact; if an aircraft is flying faster than terminal velocity, then this implies it has a T/W > 1 (ie, it can fly straight up). At least with a few naive assumptions (such as constant force from the engines without regard to speed, etc).
 
But terminal velocity is actually quite fast. Of course Rainbow’s got a T/W > 1, but point is; even if she were going fast and made a turn that went out of control, then hit the ground, she still probably would’ve been going slower than terminal unless she spent a few seconds intentionally building speed in a dive - which few seconds translates into more than a hundred feet (which is, roughly, 6-10 stories or so, so not actually all that low).

@Cirrus Light  
I’m not sure terminal velocity is dangerous to pegasi at all; Rainbow was certainly going far faster than mere terminal velocity when she smashed into the ground in Read it and Weep, and all she broke was a wing.

@Fwelin  
Interesting thought; I wonder if she can provide enough thrust to reduce her terminal velocity to a safe speed?
 
ie, could she glide (though it’s not really “gliding”, it kind of effectively is)? Much like how a bird with clipped wings “flies”.

@Daneasaur  
I’m the opposite; I would much prefer that she manages to fly on her own eventually, instead of with a prosthetic or tool of some sort.

@Daneasaur  
Again, Tank’s flying thingy.
 
Though it’d need to like, be on her head or something so her head clears the blades. But a chinstrap in that case would basically just hang her. So, like, on her head, but supported by a full harness? I dunno. Something like that. It’d be kinda tricky but I’m sure you could make it work.
 
Again, that’s just using Tank’s thingy, though. Prosthetic wing extensions could work, too. Who knows, maybe she’ll be like handi-capable - like those big bouncy prosthetic legs that allow people to run way faster - maybe she’ll get an extended prosthetic wingspan.

@Enlight  
I personally will only really approve if prosthetics are used. They have shown other ponies using various devices including one who had his back legs in a unique wheeling device, and the idea of someone using prosthetics or a replacement isn’t a bad thing, nor should it be looked down upon.

@Background Pony #BFB2
 
@Daneasaur  
I hope she is able to fly by the end of the series.

@Background Pony #BFB2  
The only way that can happen without the fandom imploding is if they used prosthetics of some sort.

I really want to see Scootaloo fly in Season 7.

@Background Pony #FF81  
Heh. Selfless. That’s an interesting take on it - I was kind of thinking the opposite, actually, since it’s her projecting her own fears of failure onto Gabby, in a sense she sees it as, “if Gabby can get her mark, then maybe I can fly!”
 
But, more directly, it was a selfless motive since that projection has to be implied, meanwhile her words directly state it’s because she understands Gabby, and thus doesn’t want Gabby to fail for Gabby’s sake.

This line did a lot to help the episode. Taken without it, the story feels kind of disconnected, mostly being about the CMC not wanting to fail at their job. After this scene, though, there’s more of a personal stake in it. Scootaloo’s not just doing this to keep the Crusaders successful, she actually cares about helping Gabby in particular. It’s a far more interesting and selfless motive.

I think Scoots not being able to fly strengthens her character. Having friends who help you to not let the disability bother you, I hope she finds a way to fly without using her wings.

@Ihhh
 
I just appreciate the humor value of using something like this to see how it fucks up.

@AaronMk  
it’s this
 
I pewrsonally prefer plaintalk due to the naturalness of the voices and the ease of use by being able to read any text simply by selecting it and using a specific key or combination.