My attitude was it was fairly easy to fly a helicopter
When I did my trial flight, I won't say it seemed easy, but it didn't seem extremely hard either. The hard bit is say from 1 to 5 hours, when it is REALLY yours to mess up - and you do. After that it gets easier.
At around 30 hours now, I don't think flying helicopters is exactly hard (1200 hours of fixed wing time probably helps too), but it does take a lot of perseverance to get through the "my god I'll never get the hang of this" phase.
But don't be over-confident because the first 30 minutes seems easier than you expect.
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