Ian..in answer to your question, I had far too much movement on all the control surfaces I had double checked the CG with Andreus Geitz at the show and he pronounced nose heavy and safe for the first flight, but it was the combination of the down elevator mixed with first stage of flap and the excessive movements on the control surface that caused the pitch to be ultra sensative, even with 40 % expo dialed in, if as much as I breathed on the stick it darted up or down, so best thing to do was to get it on the ground as fast as possible and when I went straight to full flap and gear down it became much easier to hold on to it , hence the decent landing.. I have double checked the CG and it is spot on, now the movements of the control surfaces have been cut to 25% of the first flight and it still is as aerobatic as you could possible want , yet contollable in slow flight,, I have more movement available on a rate switch, but it dosn't look like I am gonna need it.. I am thrilled with the lightning , I want to keep this one, (Shades of the LW swamp).

Kevin , your quite right about first flights at events, but I did ask permission and got it, but I do take your point.....it would have been a pity to have all those Comp- arf bods there and not take advantage of them, at least it didn't go the way of someone else's lightning........