AH, I see the logic. My guess is that the graph was published because Judi got too many calls from guys who were complaining that the throttle was coming on too fast at the bottlon of stick travel. This was causing all kinds of problems because when the power came on quickly the airplane would become difficult to handle. This is actually an issue with airplane setup more then anything. If the airplane is set up so it reacts alot to airspeed changes then yes having the power come on quickly is an issue. If the owner of the airplane has taken the time to properly trim his aircraft then it is less of an issue. So Jodi was smart and realized that most of his customers are sport pilots who would prefer the power coming on slowly and because most sport pilots do not use the throttle to the same degree as a competitive pilot then this would be the lesser of the two evils. Take your airplane and perform a rolling circle with a roll every 120 degrees and reverse rolling direction after each roll is complete while trying to maintain ground speed and a round circle in front of judges and you will see how important it is to have throttle spread out over the intire stick travel. If throttle curve was not widely used then the radio manufactures would not have included it in the firmware. If you are happy with what you have them by no means am I trying to get you to change. What I am trying to do is when the question arises I am trying to share information that I have learned over the past 15 years as a competitive pilot that will make anyones airplane operate just a little better. If he choses not to do so then fine but why do you insist on browbeating anyone who illistrates a different approach? Sounds like you are the one with an issue not me.