Lu,
You post is so full of misguided assertions it is hopeless to respond. The fact that you cannot tell the difference between the trimmed cyclic position and the response to a stick input shows that explaining all this to you is truly hopeless. I only hope the readers have the sense to consider that when you make the points you do.
As you put it "the only way I can make that determination is to perform the test."
The thought of you determining something useful from your "test" is a joke, right?
You say "let's say you get promoted to the head of flight test...." Lu, I was the head of flight test, in fact the head of all test at Sikorsky!
[ 04 November 2001: Message edited by: Nick Lappos ]