with no previous flying experience, i learned how to hover in about 2 days--i have g3 and i spent maybe 3 or 4 hours one day putting the plane nose up and just using elevator (let the plane yaw over into the ground)--the next day i did the same thing but with rudder so the plane pitched into the ground--by about the 4th hour on the second day i could hover for a good 10 or 15 seconds with the e3d (not the best plane to learn on)--back to the point, i figured by taking each input seperately i wouldnt get overwhelmed and voila--it did take about 2 more weeks (maybe 12 hours more sim time) to get a consistent hover


p.s. i learned this from playing drums for the last 8 years