BTW, warbird or trainer, "light on the stick" is not clear. Our sticks are "light" if the springs in the TX are light.

Do you mean that the airplane responds too quickly? If you're not comfortable with how fast any surface is responding, if the response is too quick, then move your pushrod connection on the servo in. When you run out of holes on the servo arm, then start to move the pushrod connections on the horn out, away from the hinge.

It's not as important how far or how much a surface moves compared to how the airplane flies from that movement. The first order of business is to find the neutral trim for each surface, then flight trim the amounts of movement by judging the airplane's response for each surface.