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by mlindner 2649 days ago
That's incorrect, these have haptic feedback, once you grasp it, it's not going to fight you. It looks for resistance and if it sees the resistance it doesn't continue.
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Really? Here's a video of someone doing it, and it certainly looks like it tries to fight you (and the trim motor continues running) but there's a clutch that starts slipping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQirIH_DuAs

You are still fighting it, aren't you?
Ah, Okay, thanks. What remaining automation would be driving the trim wheel in this case that grab-and-hold would countermand?