Originally Posted by
G0ULI
It would be nice to hear how this seemingly counter intuitive nose down attitude in response to yaw/rudder input affects flight operations in a real life scenario. Are all rotary wing craft purposely designed to react this way so the pilot response is identical no matter which way the aircraft yaws?
It doesn't with stab out, that's my point - it's assymetric. When the SAS is in it doesn't happen because it's damped out. For a pilot who inadvertently dumps the SAS in cloud or loses it during an electrical snag, this tertiary effect could be confusing particularly as the effect is assymetric. With good references you automatically compensate. Not so easy IMC.