Hi,

I'm be addicted into this hobby for about a month and I've got a 450SE with JR9XII as my first RC helicopter, and I use XTR for training. Now I can do some hovering from the back and from the left of the heli, but still figuring out how to do the hovering when facing to other sides of the heli especially to the front! Crash every time (in the simulator, just want to play safe).

I know I have to spend a lot of time for repeatedly training for the most fundamental thing such as hovering for any direction of the heli facing me, but is there any recommended learning path for RC heli training ?

Any advice will be appreciated, thanks.

Copo

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practice practice practice! force yourself to fly in the uncomfortable zones. take it slow, think about what you have to do, and soon it will come easy. and i also support radds, use it in every orientation and you'll be flying in no time...well, it will take SOME time....but probably not to much!

Tail out (or nose in) orientation is difficult for all of us new pilots. I find, as a noob, that making very small and short inputs (with the tail out) allows me to correct the input if I make a mistake due to orientation. In other words, if the initial input is orientationally wrong, I can then make the proper input before it is too late. Practice, like Bugzilla says, will soon make this a "second nature" response on your part. Don't "force" the learning curve, as this will all come too you in due time. You are, IMO, at the "patience" part of learning how to fly a heli. BTW, it looks too me that you are doing very well indeed.