Well, since I am a newbie in helicopters, I must say that this is harder than I thought. I can throw away 45 years of airplane learning. I have never had to use my left hand except for throttle (3 ch flyer all those years). My left hand just doesn't want to learn anything except use the throttle.
I can at least hover around 6 ft off the deck without crashing, but the drifting is taking all my time. I have it balanced to perfection right under the main shaft, tracking is perfect, and am even using the dual rate function to slow down my controls, but, God is this hard.
Today, I figured I'll just spend more money and bought a CoPilot. I have searched this site and others, and the great majority swears by this thing. I have all their names, so in case it doesn't do the job, I'll find out where all these people live.
Anyway, It will be here in two days, so I'll let you know what transpires. My Futaba gyro is flawless controlling the tail, but I need more help.
Cheers.
Dick