Helicopters are to model aviation what motorcycles are to motor sports. They are neat, but let some other guy be the one to put on the show. To me 3D is about planes that are seemingly capable of defying gravity. I watched a buddy yesterday put on a clinic with a FUNTANA 40 pwered with a SAITO 72. Just incredible! Hovers at 1/3 throttle with a 14-4 prop. A 7 year old boy was sharing the xmitter and could land it like a trainer. If you are looking to get into 3D it would be hard to do much better than this for a simple combo!