RE: Rudder offset or not?
If your lines go slack in the wingover, you need to realize that something is not quite right and fix it. You see pictures in the old magazines of flyers practically putting the handle on the ground to get tension in the wingover. If you watch today, you will see many flying the wingover with arm fully extended. Partially a difference in power available, partially a difference in how we trim our airplanes today.
Jim