Hello Alex, glad to see you are joining the wild and crazy 3D crowd !! It is very challenging and a TON of FUN !!! Always start high enough to bail out and be safe too. We often do 3D on the end of the field out of the main flight path where most of helo's fly. This way we are not distracting and interfearing with and causing problems with all the other flyers who are having FUN too.
Another manuver I would start doing is hovering and especially backwards, as I think this took me the longest to get used to. You have to get to the point where you can adjust automaticly without thinking about it. Do not rush into it either , just take your time or you will get burnt out and real frustrated easily. If you have nice sim like G2, practice a lot on there - it will save you a lot of time and money !! Most of all - keep having FUN and keep it safe and respect all the other modelers who may NOT appreciate what you are doing ! Rod & Chris in PA.