Agree Whirls - my shoes based on whats been said are fine - they are flat boxing racing driver type and are not that sticky. I will try others - not as plush as yours, they will roll around the ground if I rocked up in a pair of those. Your long post was spot on and my problems were mainly on the forward flight to hover transition albeit I did struggle with the hovering before that with the feet issue which is why I worried about the shoes.