Originally Posted by JammedStab
But, can a stronger legged person deflect the pedal further than a weaker person. And if so, is there a point where the rudder itself will not deflect any further due to airflow over it and therefore, you are just compressing the spring in the feel and centering unit with no actual increased rudder deflection?
I know nothing about the B737 except your underlined paragraph in your first post and generic aircraft systems knowledge, but based on that the answer is no, a strong legged person will not be able to push the pedal further or get more rudder deflection.
The rudder is hydraulically actuated so the max pressure to move the rudder is whatever the hydraulic pressure is, this has nothing to do with how hard you can push on the pedals. According to your blurb the rudder pedal position accurately reflects the rudder deflection so the available pedal movement reduces as you get faster and the available rudder deflection reduces. Whether this feels like a hard mechanical stop or a little softer, I don't know.
So then....does this mean that on a 737-200, you can deflect the pedal to a mechanical stop for the actual pedal at high speed, but the rudder does not go to full deflection.
According to your own underlined paragraph; no, the rudder pedal deflection is proportional to the rudder deflection.