This previous story (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19902068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19902068) implies that the simulators try to simulate th

This previous story (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19902068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19902068) implies that the simulators try to simulate the forces, and in a particular simulation even the simulator crew wasn't able to move the wheel: "What the U.S. crew found was eye-opening. Keeping the aircraft level required significant aft-column pressure by the captain, and aerodynamic forces prevented the first officer from moving the trim wheel a full turn. They resorted to a little-known procedure to regain control."