RE: side in tips
Thanks everyone recently i started getting into the bad habit as radds says of watching the skids. The skids are relatively square to the ground so they tell you what orientation and tilt your helicopter's in.
And I realized something earily on ndoren with CP helicopters you don't usually have enough time to consciously think about every detailed movement unless it's preflight. I tried to explain to a friend trying to learn to slide around that you can't think in ok I need to get it to move forward along z, rotate 5 deg along y and back along z, then a little side along x... this will spell a crash instead try and relax and thing in macro instructions, I know when I'm flying my brain simply says "I want you to go here" and the heli seems to naturally find it's way there, sometimes taking longer due to wind.
And a quick warning to those that are playing with dives, make sure the heli is well enough ahead of you unless your familiar with nose / side ins. In my recent height experiment the wind blew it behind me I lost orientation and I need a new tail box now, somehow I managed to avoid damaged to all other parts but then again I shouldn't be flying in this frigid weather parts are too fragile.