All three controls almost immediately at height, and as far as I remember I had very little difficulty with flying straight and level. I had about 150 fixed wing hours at the time, and had been recently flying an aircraft with very light, sensitive controls so the R22's didn't feel that strange. Hovering was something else of course, and what I'd really wanted to try - I managed with all three controls for about ten seconds...maybe I'm exaggerating that by a second or two! However, the slight edge I'd seemed to have at first over people who'd never flown anything seemed to disappear after a while - or maybe I'm just a slow learner. Anyone else who's flown both or taught people who have got any comments on this?
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Whirly
To fly is human, to hover, divine.