@ Nate--IRL--,
The collective is fine for me. I guess I didn't word it correctly how it is acting, what you described where the nose goes high and you start flying backwards is what I am experiencing. Ill have to try the flight director and read up on that guide. I'll keep you posted.
EDIT:
I've seem to gotten it very close to a hover using the trim and altitude hold. I never really realized how much the wind affects you. I don't have a FFB joystick so I have difficulty telling exactly what forces are acting on the helicopter. I can get it to hover and it probably drifts around at about 10Kph but that's slow enough for me to get decent targeting done.
What would be a decent joystick to get that has force feedback?