cant for the love of god get the pitch settings in idle 1 and idle 2 to match those set up in N flight mode
Use a linear pitch curve in all modes. 0 - 100 in every mode. They should match then huh?
It won't be "Beginners Set-up", but if you can manage having negative pitch at all times, it shouldn't be hard for you to deal with. If you'd rather have -2 degrees of neg while in normal(for beginner set-up), just adjust your pitch curve so that it doesn't go as low in normal mode. Your actualy servo travel should be set up in your "Travel Adjust" so that it's around 100 - 100. If you linkages are set up properly, that's where it should be. Also note - that the built in pitch gauge marks are not going to get you where you want to be - My machine is set up so that at mid stick, My pitch is neutral, and the rest falls into place giving me about +11 -11 for pitch.
Hope that's not confusing.