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Hehe, okay :approve: Thanks a lot for the help!

That was what i told him, but he told me that even if the fly got 10 times heavier it would also get 10 times more liftpower... Btw, if we also consider muscle power, would the muscles of the fly be able to lift it?

What would be the best way to explain this to someone who thinks that the fly would still be able to fly, and who thinks that the wing surface after its size have been increased is enough to lift the entire fly?

Ok, so unless the fly had to begin with a lift capacity of 10 times its body weight it would be unable to fly now?

Homework Statement Lets say we have a normal fly/mosquito. Then we increase its size by 10x (10 times bigger). Before we increased its size it could fly just like a normal fly would. The question is, would the fly be able to fly now, when its size have been increased by 10x? The only...