RE: Hovering/G2 sim
Keep practicing with the stock Cap - the only "3d" it will do is torque roll and the entry is a little tricky, but once you get to where you can TR it all day long and touch the tail, doing it in real life becomes EASY b/c you'll have learned to give the correct inputs quickly without really thinking about it. And if you can TR like that first, hovering becomes a non-issue.