Took me about ten hours,
once its there though you find yourself doing all sorts of things on the fato with a silly grin on your face. The best is when you get to hover taxi back to base past the tower when you know that you have been observed for the last few days struggling like hell.
Keep the inputs small, dont look at the ground - take a larger view and then place the top of the panel or something fixed in your peripheral vision with relation to the horizon and RELAX!!. I found that I had to almost force myself to relax but once I did it was so much easier. Its true when they say you get a motor reflex system, when it comes in to effect- and it surely will, you will have the greatest time of your life.
12 months ago I would have probably told you where to insert a helicopter, what a lot of wasted time I spent with a "helis are too dodgy" attitude. These are the best days of your life, I almost neglect my work to go flying sometimes, but its worth evry second of it.
Good luck, keep at it and let us know how you are getting along.
Micky
