flyinsolo, Sounds like you're doing well. My suggestion would be to fly the heli the way you are comfortable, while you are doing your fiqure 8s just put a little more turn into it so you are flying straight at yourself, then turn away and continue with the fiqure 8s. As you feel more and more comfortable just start to slow the heli down. You will naturally start to feel more comfortable with it. Once you feel good with that, then stop it and hover nose in for a second or two, then continue flying. It won't take long before it feels normal at any direction. The main thing is have fun and don't concentrate to much on one thing. I agree with what vince touched on, if you just start flying nose in, then spin it around, you'll get disoriented with it being tail in, so take your time.