RE: hover practice
That was my thought/suggestion. I don't have much problem with nose-in but I still drift a little with nose-left. For reversing controls, I've noticed that I 'snap' into an unconscious "I AM the plane/boat/car" when running a plane/boat/car but I've been nervous with the heli so I was too conscious of trying to keep track of orientation and couldn't relax enough to make the perspective shift. (doing much better in the last few weeks) I was going to suggest trying an inexpensive r/c car and run circuits in the driveway/kitchen, etc. Learn how to drive at yourself as if YOU were the car, then try to shift that feeling to your heli. FYI, try parallel parking a RC car facing you. bigger challenge than just driving a track! just my 2 cents.