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Posted on Nov 25, 2025, 9:05 am
#1
This question is actually for people whose wingspan is the same as their height, the question is simple: would you  rather lose 1 cm of your height and gain 3 cm of wingspan.
and you can do this by folding it like losing 3cm of your height and gaining 9cm of wingspan ( I want to know how   necessary wingspan is :D)
 I'm waiting for your opinions
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Posted on Dec 19, 2025, 8:50 pm
#2
at 165 I would not do anything to lose 1cm of height. I think 3cm wingspan for 1cm is good at any height as long as your wingspan to height is not negative. however if you want to increase your height, like me,  I would not do it.
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Posted on Dec 20, 2025, 7:34 am
#3
I thought you want ideally yoyr wingspan to be the same as height?
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Posted on Dec 20, 2025, 9:06 am
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There's a man who's 165 cm tall but has a wingspan of 165 cm; he's aware that if he were to grow to 175cm, there would be disproportionate growth. If this person loses 2 cm in height and gains 6 cm in wingspan, they will be 163 cm tall and have a wingspan of 171 cm.  He now thinks that with a wingspan of 171 cm and a height of 175 cm, it won't look strange, but he will have to femur and tibia the length to make up for the centimeters he lost. I am 166.5 cm tall in the mornings and 165.0 cm in the evenings, and my wingspan measures between 168-170 cm. I don't think I can reach 175 cm in one go. Maybe I can gain 1.5-2cm by improving my posture (my posture is terrible) and then add 8.5cm from my femur to reach my target height, but even then I'll still have a wingspan problem.Probably a -6 cm wingspan deficiency; for some reason, I keep thinking that this will be a problem. I just wanted to ask you a different question: whether wingspan is an incredibly important thing or not. And what is the beginning of what looks strange, in terms of negative wing span centimeters? In my case, with a -6cm wingspan, if we disregard elements like the fuselage, each of my arms will be 3cm higher than where they should be. Considering arm length, I don't think 3cm will really make a difference right now, but looking at the history of this forum, wingspan has been given very important roles.
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Posted on Dec 21, 2025, 4:59 am
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-6cm wingspan is no big issue if it bothers you so much get arm lengthening conservatively for like 2.5cm aarm and yull have basically no discrepancy

you likely pass people every day with a similar wingspan discrepancy, unless i'm wrong on the distributions.

you have to be like -8 for it to start becoming a real consideration imo

there is no scientific basis for wingspan being very important. its better to have long than short sure, but as long as its natural looking its not that big of a deal.

studies have shown it doesn't effect male attractiveness I think up to 5 inches but given that people with ll will have bad proportion elsewhere it would help to decrease the short person on stilts look if you dont have a large discrepancy.
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