cl12pv2s,
As a low hours instructor, many thanks for that.
I learned to hover in 5-10 minute sessions at the end of every lesson, right from the start. Even if I begged to do more, I got told it was counter-productive. I think hour after hour of hovering must be horrendous.
Another hint, passed on to me by a multi-thousand hour instructor during my LPC...
He recommends teaching people to hover-taxi first, which is saying much the same thing as you did. They find it easier. I've had a little go at this with complete beginners, since at weekends the airfield won't let us do hover practice; too crowded. So we tend to only do trial lessons then, and if I get someone who looks like they could manage it, I let them try a bit of hover-taxiing back to the school. They feel like they're hovering, but it definitely seems to be easier for them.
