Timeline for How big would fairies' wings have to be so that they can fly if they are five feet tall?
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| Oct 19, 2021 at 10:16 | comment | added | Nepene Nep | Yeah. Body shape is important and insect wings aren't optimized for gigantic sizes. Nor are birds. You need to have your flying limbs be your jumping limbs to emulate Pterosaurs'. | |
| Oct 19, 2021 at 10:13 | comment | added | Klaus Æ. Mogensen | The largest insect to ever live was a giant dragonfly, Meganeuropsis permiana, which was ca. 50 cm long with a wingspan of 75 cm. However, maximum insect size may be determined more by their breathing system than by their wings. entomology.unl.edu/scilit/largest-extinct-insect | |
| Oct 19, 2021 at 10:03 | comment | added | Nepene Nep | We don't know if they flew or glided, and they didn't have double wings making their wings less efficient. If op was fine with modelling their wings after normal bird wings rather than inefficient insect wings sure. | |
| Oct 19, 2021 at 8:09 | comment | added | Nyra | what about the Quetzalcoatlus it is far larger than 4.5 feet | |
| Oct 19, 2021 at 7:58 | history | answered | Nepene Nep | CC BY-SA 4.0 |