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Q&A Is it ok to use long footnotes?

In my text, I have a footnote (6 or 7 lines) that is meant to be an extra insight. It does seem, however, to be a bit large for a footnote. On the other hand, if I try to place it inside the text...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Jak‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T11:30:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/43995
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Jak‭ · 2019-12-08T11:30:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
In my text, I have a footnote (6 or 7 lines) that is meant to be an extra insight. It does seem, however, to be a bit large for a footnote.

On the other hand, if I try to place it inside the text, it would probably stop the flow of the information I am trying to convey.

Is there a better way to include this information without disrupting the flow of the main text?

Edit:  
As some people mentioned in the comment section, I forgot to mention the type of text I was writing.

This is actually a work for a university engineering subject, so I would consider it technical writing.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-03-24T14:19:43Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 4