Cambo,

I was in your situation not that long ago. I had been doing figure 8s with my Caliber 30 always turning away from myself for some time. I could not bring myself to try and nose in hover.

I bought a Trex 450. I took it on a 3 week holiday just after I got it and did 70 odd flights in that period. Slow figure 8s turning away from me. With quite a few flights in quick succession I found myself doing figure 8s and turning TOWARDS me.
Then progressed to turning towards me and then flying towards myself.
Before I knew it I was nose in hovering by default. Could not really tell you the day I could nose in hover.

I suspect if I had gone out and said, today im going to learn nose in hovering I would have got disorientated and crashed.

The toy helis your talking about are cheap, but not very useful after youve learnt.

Put the money towards a Trex 450. They are cheap enough to repair if required (hopefully not) yet even onced youve learnt they are still great little helis. Youll find you want to continue flying it as well as your 30 nitro.

Worked for me and now I enjoy flying both. Oh and in case it hasnt been mentioed before, practice on a Sim. (if you find one to run on your Mac).