Yea I would agree with that too. I fly full size helis and fixed wings and have been flying RC for 20+ years. Learning to fly full size helis is very demanding and the academics and judgement required are pretty intense. Many of the full sized helis are very sensitive in hover and the difference between hovering and whirling towards a tree is just a matter of a wrist flick or stab of a toe. I'm currently working on my commercial ticket and the emergency procedures really aren't for the faint of heart... specially the autorotations after an unexpected simulated loss of engine power. The engine chops, you come down at 2000 feet a minute and one way or the other you will be on the ground in about 10 seconds; in one piece or not depending on how you react.

Having said that... I'm still trying to learn to fly RC helis after 7 or 8 years of off and on trying. I do the simulator and practice with the model. I am getting decent at tail in hover and flying it from right to left and vice versa with a pickup, and landing at each end. Nose in still scares the crap out of me and I have dinged the heli many times trying that. I don't have a problem with orientation when the model is in forward flight but once it comes to a hover with the nose in I just get disoriented and lose it. Same thing happens if I try to just pick it up nose in.

I think both are a hoot to fly and both require lots of disciplined training to master. My hat is off to anybody that flies RC helis without re-kitting them every couple of flights.