Ok, I'm close to the end with PPS. Originally couldn't get usable backwards motion with the ...19 patch installed and both the Shocky PPS and the Slow Ride PPS. Everything else in AFPD worked - and still works perfectly.

Tried Juergen's suggestion about throttle and collective being on different channels, but guess I'm not understanding the point; tried atv (or epa) on ch. 3 in every possible direction - Tx is a Hitec Prism 7X - still no help.

Finally ticked reverse off for "engine" in line 20 and now have full power backwards in lower half of stick movement - this is mode 2, left stick. But forward movement in top half of stick travel is weak, and gets weaker as stick is moved toward top; prop is fully stopped at very top of travel (not enough power to take off). Nothing I've done since has given me normal forward movement. including reversing and unreversing everything related to motor in the AFPD setting screens as well as in the TX settings, as well as increasing and decreasing atv as much as possible in either direction.

I'm feeling kind of dopey about this, particularly after reading so many forum posts about how happy everyone seems to be with PPS, and how well it works, and how few complaints there are about simply getting the thng to function as intended. I'm sure I'm missing something so simple as to be laughable, but the answer remains elusive.

Any ideas would be welcome.

Stew