In your post, you said:
" I saw someone mention a device or gauge you can load into FSX to help with hovering and landing. Anyone with info on this?"
This may be what you are looking for:
hsihud.zip, which can be found in the FS2004 file library at Flightsim.com.
I have a plain vanilla default version of FS2004 installed, so I installed the above to the default Bell 206, then copy-pasted same into FSX-SE, and it (mostly) works. If you don't have FS2004 installed, the author shows how to add these displays to an existing panel.cfg.
The only glitch is that the HSI view does not display, which the author says is mostly for IFR.
However, the HUD view does display, and seems to work fine. Like yourself, I am trying to fly helicopters! I hope this helps.
Bob