BasinBum, you can thank some others for the tip, I'm just passing it along (it might have even been Abraxxas above you, I'm too lazy to check). Search or look for that other G2 hovering thread. It was started not too long ago. There were some other good tips given...like practicing knife edge with the bottom of the plane towards you...from all directions.

I'm learning to hover as well. Since you're from this area you know what the weather's becoming here (you should hear the Lake howling today!). I finished a Funtana and had three trips out to the field with it (11 flights). For now it's time for some heavy-duty sim time. I'm going to equate hovering with first learning to fly with your thumbs. Once you break the plateau you never have to think about it, but before hand, once you turned toward yourself it was white knuckle time. Hovering seems the same way, especially now that the instincts are becoming "slightly" automatic. Those guys above are right. I'll eventually have my thumbs on autopilot from the sim and I know that will translate pretty well to the real thing. Practice, practice, practice...no substitute.

Good luck
(hey, there's a couple of snowflakes in the air here today, any in California? )