diff --git a/lib/src/ui/app_shell.dart b/lib/src/ui/app_shell.dart
index 7ff0f15..678862a 100644
--- a/lib/src/ui/app_shell.dart
+++ b/lib/src/ui/app_shell.dart
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ class _ShellNavBar extends StatelessWidget {
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) => NavigationBar(
     key: const Key('shell-nav-bar'),
+    // Material 3's own default (80dp) reads as oversized for a 4-item bar with plain
+    // icon+label destinations -- direct feedback (`docs/FEEDBACK.md`) called this out.
+    // 64dp keeps every icon/label pair at its default size, just with less surrounding
+    // padding, and stays comfortably above the 48dp minimum touch target.
+    height: 64,
     selectedIndex: currentIndex,
     onDestinationSelected: onDestinationSelected,
     destinations: const [
diff --git a/lib/src/ui/record/record_screen.dart b/lib/src/ui/record/record_screen.dart
index b5fff2b..3154316 100644
--- a/lib/src/ui/record/record_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/src/ui/record/record_screen.dart
@@ -156,11 +156,21 @@ class _RecordScreenState extends ConsumerState<RecordScreen> {
     }
   }
 
-  /// 72dp normally, 96dp mounted -- one constant height regardless of how many
+  /// 56dp normally, 96dp mounted -- one constant height regardless of how many
   /// segments the control bar has (one/two/three), so the HUD area above it is always
   /// the same size and a widget's saved fractional position never jumps between ride
-  /// states.
-  double _controlBarHeight(bool mountedMode) => mountedMode ? 96 : 72;
+  /// states. Mounted mode stays at 96dp (V3-05: not enough at speed, with gloves,
+  /// below that); the handheld case only needs a comfortable tap target, not a glove
+  /// target, and 56dp is still well above the 48dp accessibility floor.
+  double _controlBarHeight(bool mountedMode) => mountedMode ? 96 : 56;
+
+  /// The HUD stat grid used to fill the entire area down to the control bar, which
+  /// made even a two-row default layout balloon to take up most of the screen on a
+  /// tall phone -- direct feedback (`docs/FEEDBACK.md`) called this out explicitly.
+  /// Capping it to a fixed, compact band keeps every grid cell a sane physical size
+  /// regardless of screen height, leaving the rest of the screen as pure map. Mounted
+  /// mode gets a taller band to match its own larger text scale ([mountedTextScale]).
+  double _hudAreaHeight(bool mountedMode) => mountedMode ? 320 : 260;
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -195,8 +205,11 @@ class _RecordScreenState extends ConsumerState<RecordScreen> {
           child: Stack(
             children: [
               if (!ui.isIdle)
-                Positioned.fill(
-                  bottom: _controlBarHeight(mountedMode),
+                Positioned(
+                  top: 0,
+                  left: 0,
+                  right: 0,
+                  height: _hudAreaHeight(mountedMode),
                   child: HudEditOverlay(
                     metricBuilder: (context, metric) => _HudMetricValue(
                       metric: metric,
@@ -237,6 +250,7 @@ class _RecordScreenState extends ConsumerState<RecordScreen> {
                 height: _controlBarHeight(mountedMode),
                 child: _ControlBar(
                   ui: ui,
+                  mountedMode: mountedMode,
                   onStart: () => _guard(engine.start),
                   onPause: () => _guard(engine.pause),
                   onStop: () => _guard(() async => engine.stop()),
@@ -379,6 +393,7 @@ class _ControlBar extends StatelessWidget {
     required this.onPause,
     required this.onStop,
     required this.onDiscard,
+    this.mountedMode = false,
   });
 
   final RecordUiState ui;
@@ -387,6 +402,11 @@ class _ControlBar extends StatelessWidget {
   final VoidCallback onStop;
   final VoidCallback onDiscard;
 
+  /// V3-05: mounted mode keeps full-size, glove-friendly icons. The handheld case
+  /// only needs a comfortable tap target, not a glove target, so its icons shrink
+  /// along with the bar itself (`_controlBarHeight`) -- see [_Segment.iconSize].
+  final bool mountedMode;
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
     if (ui.isIdle) {
@@ -397,6 +417,7 @@ class _ControlBar extends StatelessWidget {
         background: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.tertiaryContainer,
         foreground: Theme.of(context).colorScheme.onTertiaryContainer,
         onTap: onStart,
+        mountedMode: mountedMode,
       );
     }
 
@@ -412,6 +433,7 @@ class _ControlBar extends StatelessWidget {
               foreground: colors.onTertiaryContainer,
               onTap: onPause,
               trailingBorder: true,
+              mountedMode: mountedMode,
             ),
           ),
           Expanded(
@@ -421,6 +443,7 @@ class _ControlBar extends StatelessWidget {
               background: colors.errorContainer,
               foreground: colors.onErrorContainer,
               onTap: onStop,
+              mountedMode: mountedMode,
             ),
           ),
         ],
@@ -441,6 +464,7 @@ class _ControlBar extends StatelessWidget {
             foreground: colors.onTertiaryContainer,
             onTap: onStart,
             trailingBorder: true,
+            mountedMode: mountedMode,
           ),
         ),
         Expanded(
@@ -451,6 +475,7 @@ class _ControlBar extends StatelessWidget {
             foreground: colors.onErrorContainer,
             onTap: onStop,
             trailingBorder: true,
+            mountedMode: mountedMode,
           ),
         ),
         Expanded(
@@ -460,6 +485,7 @@ class _ControlBar extends StatelessWidget {
             background: colors.surfaceContainerHighest,
             foreground: colors.error,
             onTap: onDiscard,
+            mountedMode: mountedMode,
           ),
         ),
       ],
@@ -476,6 +502,7 @@ class _Segment extends StatelessWidget {
     required this.onTap,
     this.label,
     this.trailingBorder = false,
+    this.mountedMode = false,
   });
 
   final String keyName;
@@ -485,6 +512,9 @@ class _Segment extends StatelessWidget {
   final VoidCallback onTap;
   final String? label;
   final bool trailingBorder;
+  final bool mountedMode;
+
+  double get _iconSize => mountedMode ? 32 : 24;
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) => Material(
@@ -505,18 +535,18 @@ class _Segment extends StatelessWidget {
         child: SizedBox.expand(
           child: Center(
             child: label == null
-                ? Icon(icon, color: foreground, size: 32)
+                ? Icon(icon, color: foreground, size: _iconSize)
                 : Row(
                     mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min,
                     children: [
-                      Icon(icon, color: foreground),
+                      Icon(icon, color: foreground, size: _iconSize),
                       const SizedBox(width: 8),
                       Text(
                         label!,
                         style: TextStyle(
                           color: foreground,
                           fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
-                          fontSize: 16,
+                          fontSize: mountedMode ? 16 : 14,
                         ),
                       ),
                     ],