The stick is a great flying plane! I have a stick made by a different company than GP. When I burn it in, I'm getting a GP stik! I bought my brother the 60 size for christmas, he put a Saito 100 on it and man is that thing some fun. They will slow down as slow as your trainer, but are also a great point and fly airplane as well. Plenty of airobatics can be had. As for the control throws, in my opinion, I think they have them too soft, but I'm a guy that learned to fly without expo, so I never use any expo, and like lots of throw. I usually dial in more throw than high rates call for on all my planes and don't use high/low rates at all, everything is HIGH. Bottom line is, the control throw recommendations are just what they are, recommendations. You should set them at where *you* are comfortable flying and then go fly like a banshi!

BTW, great looking plane! Good job!!