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Old 23rd Dec 2015, 12:15
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the forces you are talking about are mere percentages of the major forces.
dont obsess about them, just know that you need to fly the aircraft and use control inputs appropriate to the desired flight path and occasionally these may be different. you can't use a recipe. left turn so push rudder to here each time.
you have to fly the aircraft.

in a climbing turn to the left I need to apply right rudder.
it is a characteristic of the aerodynamics of the fuselage shape and probably peculiar to the W8 Tailwind.

the other aircraft I believe has non standard FAR23 type handling is the Transavia Airtruck. the flying fuselage on that crop duster is designed so that a 60 degree banked turn needs no rudder input. again it is an effect caused by the fuselage aerodynamics.

don't let CAsA spook you. it's good fun.
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