You got quite a little airfield going on there! In your experience, are the larger helis easier to fly vs. the smaller stuff? I figure I still have a few more weeks of tail in flying before I can move on to nose in stuff (got a great tip from a guy on another fourm though for nose in flying; move the controls in the way of danger, so if the heli is drifting right while facing you, then move the right stick to the horizontal right and it should get straight again). With the collective pitch stuff, do you find that it's more stable due to the constant rotor head speed? I'm wondering if I should have started on a larger CP bird... (crashes would be far more expensive though I think...)

Anyways, my first hover attempts have been interesting. I'm learning that small corrections are absolutely key to flying a heli stably. And also, the heli flies "behind your hand", so I have to account for any delay the heli will experience from wind and weight distribution and stuff.

After nose in flying, I think I may be able to try manuvering in figure 8's. After I get all of that stuff down, some free flight screwin' around until I get it down perfect!