including myself, i know many ppl on these (and other) forums have had success learning how to fly heli following the RADDs method.

[link=http://www.dream-models.com/eco/pre-Flight.html]RADDs Helitraining[/link]

the key is being absolutely militant about punishing yourself every time you're supposed to. it's all about keeping the heli in control, rather than letting it go and catching up to it. if you're out of "the box", you're not good to go. i was, and i know you'd be amazed at how easy flying a heli is after you have learned to stay in that tiny box for a few packs. also, despite all the time walking and moving the heli back in the box, RADDs doesn't take so long compared to the hop & drop approach. Radd's is also the least costly approach to learning heli.

-kev