"Patience grasshopper" LOL As the line from the TV show goes. I run my sim at regular speed and find that just like myHB it only requires small stick movements once you can find that sweet spot.
I did some great bunny hops this morning with my HB and found a sweet spot about chest level. Could still only keep her there for a second or two, but it felt like magic!!! I'm flying with a CA repaired blade holder ball and a ringlink with a corner missing off the circumference right now (waiting for parts) so I'm afraid to take her up any higher. The link can fly off anytime and with my luck it would be at the worst possible moment. It really does help to get the machine up above that ground effects ASAP. I don't punch the throttle but I get that head speed up PDQ, and I get much better control and longer durations of hops.