Not sure
diddy1234 ever saw the answer to his question, but for the interest of the 100-or-so others that viewed it, another couple of thoughts have come to me since.
In (2): the "break-out system is, I think, sometimes called a "spring strut". The spring stretches suddenly, once a pre-chosen load has been exceeded.
Also in (2): The VC10 has a completely different concept. A cockpit lever can be operated to disconnect the 2 control columns from each other. Interestingly, the L/H control wheel is linked to the aileron PCU's feel-units (electric); the R/H to the roll-spoilers (hydraulic).
In the absence of any failure, disconnecting control wheels in this way allows them to be turned to full travel in opposition to each other. When this was done in my day (1971), the roll-spoilers used to win, so the bloke in the copilot seat "had the con".
Sorry, just remembered that the queen of the skies is still in RAF service, and at least one of the pilots is female.
