Try the Scout in manual. Quite a handful in every sense of the word. Much, much worse that the Hunter. Then the Whirlwind 1 wasn't much better; probably worse still.
Foot loads in the Meteor could be well over 250 pounds - as measured in the "Admirals Barge" at Farnborough. The Canberra was benign in comparison. But the control requirements were not the same as the oscillating 50-100 pounds of the Scout.
I only ever practised in the Scout; it would be interesting to hear from someone who actually had to do a manual landing for real.