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must be 'Joe Average' for all pilots,
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The NACA did a study as part of the stability and control standards on the forces an average pilot can exert.
I am sure that data could easily build an "average joe" pilot.
It would be easy to implement a fatigue model as well.
It is very interesting, btw.
The current FAR's are based in this same research. The formula for minimum stick force per G required in a stick control column aircraft is:
(Weight of Aircraft / 140lbs) / (structural damage limit - 1)
So a 6500lbs aircraft using a stick as the control input and is fully aerobatic at a structural damage limit of 6G:
(6500lbs/140) / 5 = 9.28Lbs per G minimum required.