Originally Posted by wonderbread

I started with a co-axil heli that pretty much hovers on its own. It was fun but after seeing some of the sport and 3d flying videos I decided to move on to the collective pitch helis. I'd say the analogy you heard from the pilot applies to R/c too. You really have to be making constant compensations with the stick just to hover. The build is half the battle though since with the right setup you can minimize the things you need to compensate for (such as slightly off centered servos). Once the little compensations become subconscious you can really have some fun with it, but I i'm still on the steep end of the learning curve trying to fly circuits and I haven't dedicated much time to it recently, might start it up again in the summer.