Shawn Coyle: "but again you need to know if that measurement is mast torque or torque on a gear somewhere. And if it measures tail rotor torque as well."
Agreed Shawn. On my ship it's pretty easy to figure out. When I input pedal, the torquemeter changes.
Thanks for all the advise, but although my question had a basis in fact, It's pretty much theoritical as I'm not trying to fix a problem or figure out how to get something done or what's "by the book", but phrased the question the way I did to make it more ubderstandable. I was hoping someone would come up with "Oh, that's because...", and that I was missing something, but apparently it's not that simple. Thanks again.