thanks all,
i understand completely now, great stuff. i need to incorperate this into my flying and will try some mild "negative" setting's later this week., i should print this to reread off-line to enforce the particulars you all mentioned above. at my stage of the game here, slosh in the controls would be a plus.

up till now,,,** what i did was locate the control rods at the far ends of the control horns to minimize the servo throws......also spent more flight time recovering from overeacting then actually working on the meneuver i was trying....
thanks don for the pics, that line graph shows a great visual of the delay in movement, or softening the authority...

cyclic, an ole cobra guy huh? i crewed them back at ft. hood in the late 80's.

thanks again everyone.