CGR,

I second you on the switch thing (though I am not much off from the "younger generation" myself)

I have seen many kids on my field do the same when they start and the instructor(s) mostly standby to prevent them from doing that. Then again, most of them (including myself) on the field fly no expos. I found that it takes a couple of weeks on the sim (provided you practice every day) to loose the switch habit..that's the way I lost it. Though, sometimes I still do use the rudder like a switch on the sim but never in take-off or landing, never when hovering and never in the real world

OK, sorry for deviation from the issue though. Have you tried to measure the factory set throws using a deflection meter? I would treat the factory set throws as 100%, then set 75% rates on a switch on the TX and see how they feel. Similarly, I would set 125% as "3D" rates and set that on a switch as well. Dont know whether your RX supports triple rates however. If you are training someone, double rates(100% & 75%) should be ok

Ameyam