ORIGINAL: acdii
Aww yoose guys is no fun.
Only point I was trying to make is if you have an itch to learn to fly, a good way to get started cheaply is with a micro heli.
The point being is we ( particularly those who DEAL with trying to teach others how to fly ) find this not to be true at all.
Quite often the exact opposite is true....
By the time you add the cost of all of the repair parts, and replaced items someone doing this will purchase, they could have purchased a far better starter setup, that will serve them well for a long time.
The frustration factor and chance of dropping out is FAR lower if you go to a club field and take their training sessions, for which you really need a training AIRPLANE ( not heli ). This normally permits us to get a newbie through learning to fly WITHOUT crashes and the extra expenses involved.