Sobrevolar es muy difícil para los nuevos pilotos de helicópteros.

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#1
English Translation

Hovering is very challenging for new helicopter pilots.

Is sobrevolar the best choice of word here, as it can also mean “to overfly”? SpanishDict suggests “cernirse” or “cernerse”.

#2

I agree that ‘sobrevolar’ doesn’t fit. The difficullty with ‘cernerse’ is that it sounds peculiar without ‘sobre’ or some other kind of where-phrase, it’s not all that common of a word. ‘Pararse en el aire’? GT proposes ‘el vuelo estacionario’ which sounds good to me if technical.

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#3

Estabilizar un helicóptero.

Cernirse no , cernirse es ajustarse, seguir…… p.e. Me ciño a las reglas (sigo las reglas).

#4

Pero, eso es ceñirse.

cernirse: “La amenaza de un ataque inminente se cierne sobre muchas naciones.” (The threat of an impending attack is hanging over many nations.)

#5

Cierto, me he despistado.

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