Originally Posted by TyroPicard
PJ2
The sidestick has a fixed breakout force. This is easier to overcome, with more control, if your hand is near the top - simple levers/moments theory.
A "small" movement at the base is a "larger" movement at the top - the same "small" movement at the top is a "smaller" movement at the base.
It ain't rocket surgery.
I follow your logic here, but still, I'd like to disagree on it :
Except when AP is engaged, I don't really feel any breakout force, there is a neutral point for sure but that's it.
There is more precision to be gained when using the tip of 2 fingers than when soliciting the wrist.
Just my own appreciation, but I feel more comfortable the way PJ2 put it than the way you describe it, even if I do think you are correct.
Anyway, it does not hurt talking of these things as the BEA still does not communicate on Perpignan ... at least directly.
During this time, the report on the Etihad 346 in TLS is now available in English ... but people still remain silent even if the BEA report is a
blatant inconsistency !