I can hover other planes fine, but i have a hard time with my SSE. I can put it there sometimes, but it tends to fall out or flop pretty easily without an easy recovery. it does harrier pretty well, but if not at just the right AOA, it wing rocks like crazy. like mentioned above, it is not a great 3d plane. there is not enough rudder authority for it to be real good at that stuff. fwiw mine has a .55AX with a 12X6 on it. the .55 seems to like that prop a lot. my buddy has one with a 13X4W on his with an OS .50. he told me yesterday that he liked how mine flies better.