Turbine D
I wrote:
that the THS movement is not commanded in automatic operation, but operates to reduce the stress on the elevator hinges so it motors to the position that requires no further elevator deflection to maintain the 1g flight path.
then you wrote:
So if a pilot flying level at 350 and Mach 0.80 with a thrust setting of ~85% N1 decides to pull back the sidestick and hold it for a prolonged period of time, some time being all the way back, the elevators will accommodate his command. They will deflect all the way to 30º nose up which it did on AF447. then the THS will begin movement (trimming), as calculated by a computer, to neutralize the pressure on the elevators and also moving up to near the maximum of 14º nose up which it did on AF447.
We would appear to be in agreement that the THS operates to reduce the pressure on the elevators.
That is all I was saying to set the scene. Once it is in that position the THS will operate to attempt to maintain a trimmed 1g flight path. Would you accept that?