I'm not a very experienced pilot (one flight at the controls of a Piper) but was referring to the anecdotes I've read where controls are heavy in high speed dives and such, and both hands on the stick was required. Since most combat a/c have the throttle quadrant on the left side and leave the stronger arm of right-handers for the stick maybe that's a factor. But I shouldn't think most of the time.
By "rod and wire controls" of course I mean elevator/aileron control in older warbirds, though Focke Wulfs and some US types had electric motor boosters. A MkI Spit for example I understand could get pretty hand heavy on the stick at times, Spitfire Performance website goes into comparative resistance in pounds during certain manoeuvres.
I do thankyou sincerely for the address, but I fear I may have been unclear in my post and thus confusing