Originally Posted by studi
At one point, AP will drop-out and the plane will be thrown into the pilots hands totally out of reasonable trim and he will need a lot of force to immediately lower the nose
If in such an airplane, the trim stops when AP drops out. The pilot is presented with normal handling. Normal stick force per knot away from trim speed feel exists. Yes, he will need a lot of force to lower the nose, but more importantly, he will need a significantly larger amount of PULL force to further reduce speed/increase angle of attack. Assuming of course that your example airplane offers control force feedback to the pilots hands.