In fact it does,I noticed that too with my Shuttle the first time I hovered it.Once you're about a 5 feet off the ground it is much easier to hover and and if you go even higher it feels even more stable.The rotor downwash creates turbulence which makes the heli more difficult to control at low altitude.I doesn't bother me anymore though.becasue I am not that low often, only when I land.Usually one is above 8 feet.I am busy flying figure eights and having a lot of fun.I started flying 4 months ago but was stuck when I couldn't get spares for nearly two months so actual flying time has only been 2 1/2 months.I haven't crashed yet,the clucth broke and I had to buy a whole new clutch set (clutch bell,clucth,liner etc.) becasue it was an older model and in the process of doing so I upgraded to top-start.