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If the hydarulic pressure gauge is measuring the pressure of the Utility system, then I would assume so.

Don't have the F-86, so I can't check this. If you switch the hydraulic pressure gauge selector to Utility, does it maintain pressure in that system at idle? To check the pressure of each of the independent hydraulic systems, you have to use the switch next to the hydraulic pressure gauge.

This is an unfortunate side effect of not having a ffb stick. You fly an aircraft with control forces while you're non-ffb stick is based on position. Just about every plane will prevent a pilot from overstressing the aircraft with high control forces at high speeds (even through artificial means). This can't be properly simulated with a non-ffb stick. What you are seeing with the stick coming back as you slow down is what you would naturally do in an actual plane or with a ffb stick, it just looks really unnatural when you have the stick at max travel for obvious reasons.

How so? Wingtip vortices are a major factor in wake turbulence as far as I'm aware.