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Old 16th Aug 2012, 19:47
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Originally Posted by CONF iture
You are the one asking the ''difference in stickforce vs stick angle'' I just provide the exemple.
My question was how the THS affects the stickforce vs stick angle. You wrote: "Displacing the sidestick is like fighting a spring, the further you go the heavier it becomes." That is correct, and doesn't change due to THS movement.

How will you get that certain level of 'g' if the autotrim does not cooperate but by pulling more on the stick ?
No autotrim and it won't be 1/5 but anything up to full stick deflection in the target pursuit.
Without autotrim the FCS will use more elevator to achieve the Nz demand.

When the BEA note the absence of positive static stability in the Nz law, and how that may have affected the pilot's perception, it is not about autotrim because that is irrelevant in that context.
EDIT:: The Nz law can be used in an airplane like the F-16 with an all-flying-tail, or theoretically with a non-trimmable stabilizer.

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