Markind I wish you all the luck!! I had my AXE CP almost a month before I got Realflight G3.5, the sim is remarkably similar to the real thing. After the practice on the sim my hover was much more improved. For me the Sim paid for itself pretty quickly. Between the sim and hands on with my heli I can hold a tail in hover dead on, that is until she(my heli) decides to take a short trip and then I have to bring her back to me. I still crash, but a lot less often. I am working on my left and right side on hover and then NOSE IN!!
Don't get me wrong, I hope you never have to buy another repair part, that would be great but from my experience crashes are going to happen. It's part if the fun and challenge of flying a heli.
Ever see anyone scratch thier nose while flying a RC plane? I bet you never see that with someone flying a heli!