Deano posted:
the Q400 stick pusher operates with 36kg of stick push force, it requires 36kg of reverse pressure to stop this push, and then a further 30kg of constant pressure to override the pusher clutch.
I'm a little puzzled by your description of these forces, not because I know anything about the Q's systems, but because you seem to be saying that there has to be considerable pilot input just to get back to square one. A summing of those two forces in fact.
I had assumed that the stick is totally free after a normal and uninterrupted push, but I don't know. So therefore it was specifically the
time that the pusher took to release the force, that I was referring to, based on my assumption. On some jet transports it was released as soon as the push completed and the vertical flow on the veins returned to an acceptable figure.