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Q&A Human elytra flying off a cliff

An average human masses 60Kg. The largest bird ever to fly, Argentavis, massed about that much. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentavis So it seems reasonable that flying creatures the same weig...

posted 3y ago by dsr‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar dsr‭ · 2021-09-04T12:13:48Z (about 3 years ago)
An average human masses 60Kg. The largest bird ever to fly, Argentavis, massed about that much.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentavis

So it seems reasonable that flying creatures the same weight as a human need to be reasonably close to Argentavis's size. Argentavis' wingspan was about 6m, and wing area over 8 square meters.

Assuming that your scapulae-wings are somehow as light and strong as stretched skin and feathers over an articulated bone frame, one would expect each scapulae-wing to be almost 3m long and average 1m wide, while not contributing much extra mass to the person at all.