RE: hovering from the side?
in a word yes! i can hover left side and right side,but i'm much better at nose right than nose left. i don't know why.maybe it's because with nose left the heli is leaning away from me and i think it's going to tip over.the other thing is that i can't hover nose in at all.the other week i met a chap who could hover tail in and nose in, but could not hover from either the left or right side. it may help you to fly your bad side whilst the heli is moving away from you,and you simply walk after it and slow it up as and when.for example,my bad side is nose left,so i hover it like this then apply right aieleron so that the heli moves away from me and i walk after it round the field.i find it much easier to control like this and when i slow it up to hover it motionless,i find i don't have as much of a problem than if i hadn't walked it around the field,try it.don't forget if you are using a sim then with fms you can set the camera to follow the heli as it moves around the field,don't know about other sims though