Just to set a couple of things straight on the B777.
It has a conventional yoke and column control with a "standard" Boeing trimmer in the offside grip. The feedback is provided by a unit under the floor.
Points of interest.
The feedback is very subtle and it "feels" just like the real thing. It's very sensitive though and you need a gentle pair of hands to keep it really smooth. The dear lady (now departed) who wrote the handling notes for many of the RAF's aircraft would have definately said that "the controls are light and well harmonised". (In joke - but many will know what I am saying)
There is a lot of power in the controls and it is all available to you all the way through the flight envelope. One of the nicer touches is that even with system degradation (hydraulic system loss for example) the same response is available for the same input. Very nice if you have it. The downside is that if you take the computers out and fly "raw" the thing is a total bitch by comparison.
The trim is "speed select". If you have trimmed for a speed then changing config or power does not phase it a tiny little bit. This takes a little getting used to. Say about 20 seconds. Then you wonder why everything else you have ever flown didn't work like this. Truely - it is lovely. Easy - don't ask !!
The bank angle protection is set at 35 degrees and as well as a Nagging Nanny "Bank Angle" warning the yoke hardens up to make life much harder to exceed the 35 degrees. It doesn't stop you exceeding, but you need to show considerable determination to make the exceedence continue. Works well - nice one Boeing. There is equally effective and similar protection in the pitch regime also. All these protections can be progressively removed if required, but the bottom line is that in normal operations they are quite transparent and the aircraft is only a delight to fly.
Best toy in the box apart from the Chippy.
MG