I know what you mean about flying a heli, kind of. I fly the ones on the sim all the time and yes, it does train your left thumb more compared to flying a plane. Just went out and practiced today. changed props and man what a difference. Put a 13x4wide on and all of a sudden the thing pulls out of a hover with authority compared to before. It also gave me more control as far as being able to hover without climbing or sinking. Before one detent on the throttle stick would make it either climb or sink. Now it's much finer adjustment, if that makes sense.

Mike