les,

You can certainly use the rudder to maintain altitude if need be and if it looks like a KE then so be it as long as it's not climbing or decending. If you are flying it at the same speed as you did the rest of the sequence then you are going to need rudder to maintain altitude. You can always use less bank which will require less to no rudder.

Remember IMAC is about the track of the plane (I.E. the line), not how it looks.

I tend to focus on the CG point on the plane and if it's tracking the way I need it to then the nose can be 45 degree of if need be to correct for wind. If you fly it at a pretty fast speed you will not need rudder but the roll out will be much hard to get on line and at the same speed as the roll in.

Bob_s

Thanks...