Due too circumstances beyond my control, I have been putting in a lot more sim time than real time.
In real time I hover well, do sides-in with no problem, do all the little excercises you posted above. I even forward fly, (slowly) from the left to the right and turn and switch directions, (slowly). The other day I got close to a tall tree and somehow got oriented nose in, and was drifting tail-end into the tree. I managed to pull forward away from the tree, did a 180 and landed as quickly as I could. After my hands stopped shaking I went back up, just to get back on the horse.

On the sim I am doing everthing very well in normal. In idle up I am now managing to do aileron and elevator rolls on the deck, inverted hovers right down to the runway, decent autos, etc..

I think i'm timid because my 9C doesn't have that "red instant repair button" that's on the sim transmitter. So, i'm thinkin maybe I should just turn loose and "believe", do some nose-in hovering, fly some fig. 8's, etc..

Would you suggest that I do it high, (maybe 30 ft.) or down low, just off the ground.