Both Larry and Serge have shown a willingness to go the extra mile in past posts, and Brians setup is elegant in its simplicity. That being said, Igor Burger has done some work on exponential ratio control with good effect,but the problem persists. To get us into a true power strg mode where nuetral band is forgiving but accurate, and boost is applied with more input ie,lke our car PS is gonna take a btter effort!! A while back Don Ogren showed an elevated bellcrank that he has used,it took some of the BC to flap error out. I built a proto of BC with elevated pivot, approx .75 with tiny ball brgs, put it in a Skylark ,couldnt tell difference. Top line guys could surely feel it, side benefit was really nice easy no effort BC movement, now Im gonna put Ball brgs (2) in BC main pivot,see what that gets me. Combining all good ideas is fine in theory but you gotta start somewhere,the little brgs come from RC car guys, and quite reasonable, wonder if a whole system approach would show good rsult?? Next airplane will be Ares testbed,what btter benchmark? If this has all ben done and Im just polishing eggs, will somebody clue me in? Hats off to the the above for their many great caring posts on other subjects,you guys are great..I have to get Bob Harness to do my test flying as he has the exp and interest, also a flight circle in his front yard,good feedback,good guy too,wish all luck at Nats!! Rob F