Beginner Heli Steering Help
 

I fly rc planes, but Ive started to play around with the helis in G2, but am having difficulty. My questions are really stupid, but here goes...

You know you can essentially steer a plane around the sky using only the ailerons and elevator. Im understanding helis dont work this way, as you have to steer the tail to follow the nose of the heli, is this right?

Ive been trying to do this, and slowly Im getting a little better, but its only gone from "uncontrollably flying in a general direction" to "kinda controled in a general direction and altitude". it seems the cyclic (the disk) is really slow to respond but the tail will whip right around, and a lot of my turns end up looking like garbage, with the tail not really in its correct spot and the heli at an odd angle exiting the turn.

What is the best way to learn to fly a heli in a circle or pattern?

Thanks!

RE: Beginner Heli Steering Help
 

Actually we learn to hover first, followed up some simple left/right moves.

Refer to this site, it has great instruction on how to learn to fly:
[link=http://home.tiscali.nl/john.vugts/index.htm]http://home.tiscali.nl/john.vugts/index.htm[/link]