i agree with you flyboy, everyone finds their own way of learning to fly and some ways seem more natural than others. when i was learning inverted, it was just easier for me to ask myself what i wanted the nose to do during any given maneuver or flight pattern. i didn't have to concern myself with the orientation of the heli relative to the ground or the sky because i was maneuvering the heli relative to itself, i.e. the nose relative to the disc. and aside from the occasional brain fart we all suffer (and yes, their associated crashes), it worked very well for me. the coolest part of this hobby, aside from the thrill of pulling off every maneuver for the first time, is the fact that with enough repetition the moves become hard-wired in your brain and you can work on developing a flying style without focusing like a laser on everything your thumbs are doing. it evolves from stress and anticipation to sheer fun.