Originally posted by ventus45 ...
... the pilots, if still functioning on descent passing FL100, would, by that stage, have been open to trying "anything" to recover, including, full rudder inputs.
But you have forgotten one thing, the RTLU ...
it was found to be set at 7.9° +/- 0.1°, which is the limit in Normal Law at Mach 0.8 and FL350.... (272+/-2 KCAS).
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0210 272302006F/CTL RUD TRV LIM FAULT
Sorry, but I can't see sufficient loading from +/- 7.9
° to achieve what you are suggesting, when the uninhibited maximum is +/-31.6
°.