I have one of these. They a good for a beginner and it seems to be pretty durable so far. Being gear driven it is more noisy than others I have had. Some reviews I read on it people said to get extra gears because they break but I have yet to break one. It does flips pretty well but seems to lose alot of height when doing them so you need to give some recovery altitude. The LEDs on it are really friggin bright - good for finding it in the woods by your house because you were flying it later in the evening than you should have been - oops.