when the model is in forward flight, regardless of its orientation, forward cyclic always pushes the nose toward the rotor disk, rear cyclic always pushes the nose away from the disk. in backward flight it's easier to fly the tail than the nose, and the cyclic commands are reversed, with forward cyclic pushing the tail away from the disk and rear cyclic pushing it toward the disk. i found it easiest to learn with those expectations of response when putting in fore/aft cyclic. once you learn it through enough repetition, you don't consciously switch modes in your mind, it becomes an automatic reflex. trying new maneuvers is easy, it's recovering when you botch them that's hard. take it up high and put it into unfamiliar orientations and keep correcting until you learn the correct inputs. leave yourself enough room to bail out and, as always, get your moves wired on the sim first.