First let me say that i have never owned a UCD but I have made numerous flights on them trying to show the owners or find out for myself how well they hover or TR. My immediate observations were: 1. the planes needs alot of right thrust and maybe a little right rudder trim. 2. the planes takes large control inputs to correct it when it starts to fall off. Especially with regards to rudder. Once I realized that I had to "bend the sticks" so to speak I was able to keep it in a hover or TR. It just doesnt respond like a smaller profile or fun-fly probably becuse of the long tail moment.

And one key thing that I found helps me in a TR is to have the plane trimmed for hovering and TR'ing. That will mean the right amount of right thrust and rudder so that when you properly pull "pure" vertical it doesnt want to fall off to either side. Now more than likely you will have to hold back on the elevator constantly as the plane will want to fall forward. And more importantly you will have to get used to seeing the plane angled slightly towards the canopy. This is usually the "sweet spot". Most of us have a hard time adjusting to that attitude in the begining since we're afraid of letting it fall on its back. Get comfortable pushing that elevator stick forward when it starts to fall back and you'll get there.

I spent alot of time being able to hover but not TR because I would not allow myself to let the plane stand up that last 5 or 10 degrees to enter the "sweet spot". I simply kept the plane at a slight forward angle into the wind and just wished I could TR. Once I finally made up my mind to stand her the rest of the way up I freaked for a while on its tendency to fall backwards. So then I had to force myself to hold the tail down and especially when the belly comes around. Think about this....you know what to do when she comes around....just relax and push the sticks in the right direction. My little secret that I used for a while was when the belly is towards you push the tail with the rudder stick instead of pulling the nose like you do when looking at the canopy.

And finally......practice as low as you can comfortably hover. The lower you are the easier it is and learn to recover without losing much altitude. And im sure this is all stuff that youve heard before....so just go practice and make sure youve gots lots of throw on the tail of that UCD.