Originally Posted by
HazelNuts39
OK465:
Thank you for your post #1392. I understand most of what you are saying, except when you say "a more relaxed SS input". A valid experiment would compare the two cases at exactly the same entry conditions and exactly the same pilot inputs. On 'theoretical grounds' I remain convinced that the resulting airplane trajectories would be identical up to the point where the elevator reaches the stop.
FWIW I think you are right too. The key issue is probably how is CONF getting his 3deg THS limit in the SIM session. If he is using direct law then we're not even comparing apples and oranges, more like mayo and fruitcake. Might as well say a 737 would have felt different...
The comparison should be: pitch-alternate law with normal THS behaviour vs. pitch-alternate law with 3deg THS limit. With same sidestick inputs, is the trajectory the same (up to elevator stops) ?
CONF - is that what you are saying you have done in SIM and if so, how ?