Looking for some input on how to help with the transition to nose in. I have been flying for a while now, but can't seem to get too comfortable on transitioning to nose in.

I can hover tail in, side in (both sides) while maintaining constant altitudes and do that in a t-shape where the heli is out in front hovering about 5 feet and go 30-40 feet left or right and turn around to come back.

Basically flying small circuits and at the end of the distance turning the heli so that the nose doesn't face me. Its a left turn when the heli is out to my right and a right turn when its off to my left. I can make those turns nice and coordinated without loosing altitude.

I don't feel comfy turning nose in that close to the ground because I know I will wad it up that low. I have been practicing nose in by getting the heli up about 50 feet or so and getting a stable hover then swinging it around and trying to keep it steady but it usually ends up peeling off in one direction or the other before I say whooooooa! and swing the tail around and get it back in control.

Thats working a bit but I don't feel too good about that either, chances are that when it goes wrong one of these times and I can't get it back the resulting crash ought to be pretty spectacular.

Has anyone learned to do some nose in by throwing the training gear on and setting the heli down in an area it can slide in and then using radds method with the nose facing you instead of tail in?

I know the sim would probably solve these issues for me but I don't have a laptop capable of running it where I spend my weeks and when the weekend runs around I usually spend most of my time with the actual heli that I just haven't justified the purchase yet. That and the fact that "She" will probably go Lorena Bobbit on me if that UPS guy shows up one more time. Come to think of it, I gotta be careful with that UPS guy spending so much time at my house when I'm out of town!