I had a fling ( pardon the pun ) with R/C helicopters some years back, before I got into the real things.. .. .I got hooked up by accident with a guy who sold an R/C simulator - both f/w and r/w - and spent loads of time on that while putting the kit together.. .. .When I came to fly my newly built helicopter for the first time, with training wheels and all, I managed a decent hover, and the people I was with didn't even bother to tell me I was doing it downwind.. .. .However, once I'd proved to myself I could hover a helicopter, I soon lost interest. Ah well.