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Originally Posted by Racerbvd View Post
if it was the left wing, it would give up and want someone else to take care of them, with the right wing, he would fight and not go down.
Now that's funny.

Total loss of a wing would probably cause the bird to roll in the direction of the lost wing. The full wing would still be creating lift, while the lost one would not, therefore it would roll that direction. Because the full wing would still be creating some drag, it would also tend to yaw in the direction of the full wing. So it would yaw opposite the direction of roll, basically tumbling to the ground. Then you would go to jail for a long time for shooting said bald eagle.
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