Originally Posted by
MurphyWasRight
As I mentioned above a ratcheting handle could provide up to 3X torque for the pilot inputs assuming the handle was full diameter and folded out at the edge, goes from 0.5 diameter to 1.5X diameter.
That sounds great in theory, but I suspect that the constraints of the cockpit geometry would mean that each pull of the ratchet handle would only be able to achieve about one-third of a revolution of the trim wheel. So that's about 50 back-and-forward strokes of the handle for each unit (degree) of stab movement.