I have read it takes most 3 to 5 hours of practice to get where you can hold a hover and that is flying time so it could be days or even weeks. I am not going to do anything else to mine except finish setting up the mechanical part then learn to hover. If I put the alloy head and tail assemble on it I might mess them up learning to hover.[X(] I have plenty of stock main blades since I picked them up REAL cheap. I know they are not the best but for now they are since they where so cheap like $3.50 a set shipped and I have about 8 sets. I all so have the training gear to put on the skids. Thanks for all the input and please keep it coming.