It's nice to see the plane close to you for hovering, etc., but much more stressful and likely to end in a hint of sadness. I am not good at hovering, but I learned using a few planes in this order - Parkflyers GeeBee, PZ Typhoon, and then onto a profile Katana and an E-Flite Eratix. Practising with the simulator didn't seem to help as much as doing it over and over at a height adequate for me to make horrendous mistakes.

You might start by flying close slowly and turning the plane away from you and pulling up towards a stall. Too much throttle and you will go vertical/too high, too little and you will stop and fall off on any direction, so err on the side of just a bit too much throttle. You eventually have to work all four controls at once, so try to minimize the need for all of them initially by pulling up straight and then use the rudder (a lot!) to prevent falling off to the side - you will of course fall off forwards or backwards. After a while you can add use of the elevators to prevent this, and then the throttle to actually achieve something closer and closer to just hanging there. Lastly add in ailerons to allow or inhibit torque roll and you are in business.

Practise a zillion times and you can let the plane get near you (and the ground). Remember, your flight times will be VERY short, and lots of heat will be generated.

Hope this helps - that's how I got to the point I'm at - i.e. not very good at it yet...Chris