Originally Posted by A320
Seems to be from what I`ve read that AF447 reached 30º UP or close at some point.
Please see BEA Final report, FDR Chronology, between 02:10:58 and 02:11:22 -
The co-pilot sidestick is positioned:
- between the half-travel position nose-down and ¾ to the stop position nose-up with a nose-up position on average
- between 4/5 to the stop position to the left and 4/5 to the stop position to the right.
• The pitch attitude fluctuates between 17.9° and 10.5° (Period of 5 seconds).
EDIT: The point is that the real airplane showed no tendency to pitch up on its own, it pitched up and down in response the PF's sidestick commands.