Well it may not help folks who are not pilots but when going through my instrument training with all the little "rules" they give you to help determing position, hold entries, approach and departure headings and so on, I found those confusing trying to remember 'em all as others have noted about too many rules.

What works for me be it with one of my planks or heli's at least initially and while upright, is to envision myself sitting in the pilot's seat. It's a bit tougher going inverted and I don't play with my little 'lectric T-Rex inverted yet, but for the plankers usually by the time you get to that point the stick movements are beginning to become automatic.

Bottom line; there's no substitute for practice....