Wingspan
The distance between A and B indicates the span of this Airbus A320
Wingspan (also known as wingspan or wingspan ) describes the distance between the spread out left and right wing tips of a winged animal or artificial object.
definition
The wingspan between the spread wing tips of birds , bats or insects, for example, is measured . In the case of aircraft-like artificial objects, the distance from the left to the right wing tip is called the span . A minimum and a maximum wingspan can be specified for aircraft that are equipped with swivel wings .
Span records
Largest span
- Airplane: Scaled Composites Stratolaunch - 117 meters
- Flying boat: Hughes H-4 Spruce Goose - 97.54 meters
- Bat: Actual fruit bats - 2 meters
- Vogel: Wandering Albatross - 3.63 meters
- Bird (extinct): Argentavis magnificens - 7.0 to 7.5 meters
- Reptile (extinct): Quetzalcoatlus (pterosaur) - 11 to 13 meters
- Insects: Thysania agrippina - 0.28 meters
- Insects (extinct): Meganeuropsis permiana - 0.72 meters
Smallest span
- Airplane (propeller): Bumble Bee II - 1.68 meters
- Airplane (jet aircraft): Bede BD-5J
- Bat: Pig-nosed bat - 16 centimeters
- Bird: bee elf - 6.5 centimeters
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flug Revue, Motor Presse Stuttgart, August 2017, pp. 74–78
- ↑ Evergreen Aviation Museum: Spruce Goose ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 23, 2007
- ↑ a b Sea World: Bats , accessed June 23, 2007
- ↑ Exotic animals: http://www.friedrich-verlag.de/pdf_preview/d53222_0412.pdf ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Oehmig, Bernd Exotic Animals Basic Article Lesson Biology 222 (21st year), February 1997, p. 7, accessed on April 16, 2010
- ↑ University of Florida Book of Insect Records: Largest Lepidopteran Wing Span ( Memento of the original from March 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 23, 2007
- ↑ The World's Smallest Piloted Airplane ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 16, 2008
