ORIGINAL: outssider
ok, we've established that for imac/precision we need right thrust !!...but that wasn't the question !!!
I fly one 3d maneuver right into another, no imac or precision at all. the only time i have noticed the right thrust hurting me is in a tight waterfall, the plane pulls hard to the right requiring left rudder throughout the maneuver (and it still pulls right).
I am thinking that maybe the right thrust i use is also helping to goof up other maneuvers but i am not picking up on it because maybe it is slight. how about hovering/torque-roll....is the right thrust needed ? or is it just making the maneuver more difficult ?
Actually what we are trying to say and should have been more clear, a properly trimmed plane will make all types of flying easier, and that includes 3D. It gets the plane to be more predictable and takes some load off piloting it and knowing what the plane is gonna do and making the pilot work less is always a good thing
In a waterfall right thrust will always do that, so will lateral balance