Originally Posted by
Rainboe
Thank you for that. I find it difficult to see that 1.2 inches travel would give full scale rudder deflection at low climb speeds. It would make engine out control difficult. The normal rudder system on the types I've flown reduces rudder response with speed, so at low take-off speeds, full rudder pedal movement gives full rudder deflection, but at high mach cruise speed, full rudder pedal movement (not that one would ever do it) will give vastly reduced rudder deflection.
I could not agree with you more Rainboe. I have flown most of the century series fighters and quite a few of the large airliners. They were all built and reacted just as you have described.