User blog comment:Hiccup haddock iii/Ask Hiccup/@comment-6481713-20130329162418/@comment-3230751-20130329165417

Ok, I can't resist! I will not answer the tailfin question (I will let my rider give you that info if he chooses to), but I can answer the hovering question. Look at my anatomy. Just missing one tailfin does not completely cripple me. Now it hinders my take offs (as seen in What Flies Beneath), and it greatly hinders my steering. Still at times if the tailfin is down, I can still manage some simple flying techniques. I was able to dive and catch Hiccup out of the Red Death's explosion, remeber. Plus Hiccup and I have been training coming apart (like in our best trick where he jumps off of me and then lands back on). SO please remeber that I can fly at least some on my own, but not much.