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I wasn't aware, and seemed quite ridiculous that there was not enough torque to rotate the screw, but looking at it, the angel of the helical threading is pretty steep.

https://www.netairspace.com/photos/N37474/United_Airlines/Bo...

And it turns out this can/happens even with the electronic motorized way, and there is a maneuver to work around the load. But it got removed from the manual...

https://www.pprune.org/tech-log/619326-boeing-advice-aerodyn...




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