ORIGINAL: CATPart

I was flying my CPP for about 6 months and could hover nose-in and tail-in, in a fairly confined space in my apartment. Every time I went outside to try moving around....crash. It is a difficult little bird to learn with. I was very resistant to buy a simulator saying "that is the easy way out, i wan't to learn to fly this myself". I finally bought a sim and practiced for at least 3 months on it, never even touching a real heli, and I became very good in the sim (not a 3d expert,...snip