I found the best way to get around the sensitive pitch on the elevator (which I also experienced on the first flight) is to dial up the exponential to about 80% and then you can leave the travel adjustments where they are at the recommended settings. Using 40% expo is not enough to eliminate the elevator sensitivity during flight.

At some point you may need the extra travel adjustment on the elevator for landing. You can really slow this plane down for landings but when you have full flaps on it becomes heavy real fast and requires quite a bit of power and some elevator to keep it moving. Turning the travel down too much may eventually get you into trouble!! However as stated already if you get into trouble simply go to full flaps and the plane will immediatly settle down and lose the pitch sensitivity.

BTW, my Lightning is balanced right on the recommended C.G. using the method recommended in the manual. Gary