RE: Recommendations for those new to RC Flight
This is my take plain and simple. It is all about money. The more people in the hobby the more money to be made by the manufactures. The new wave in the model helicopter faternity is "fly by less" rotor heads. FBL rotor heads is not knew but the electronics are and the claim is these machines are easier to fly without a flybar. The same thing can be said of electronics added to fixed wing aircraft. If you have an on-board flight control system than the probability of crashing goes down and more people stay in the hobby. One thing to keep in mind is that those people who rely on electronic assistance to keep them airborne are handicapped and should never call themselves real pilots.