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Old 18th September 2012 | 08:40
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The main aerodynamic difference in inverted flight, from a pilot's perspective, is that the rudder operates in what the pilot might assume is the "wrong sense".

For a coordinated upright turn, you use right aileron and right rudder (matching inputs).
For a coordinated inverted turn, you use right aileron and left rudder (opposite inputs).

There is a good explanation of this effect in Neil Williams's book, Aerobatics.
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