Hey, thanks for all of your responses, keep'em coming. Just to clarify so we are on the same page, the helo we're looking at is the 4 rotor, gyro stabilized $900 Draganflyer 4 with the eyecam, not a conventional helo. The suggestion about the mid-size is good, but they can't be taken down for storage, correct? We also don't want to lift anything else with it, and of course won't fly it in high (any) wind. We are looking at the cars too, this is just another item with potential we want to try out here in the states and may scrap if the tech is too far behind. We also fly basically a high speed rc plane with a lot of fancy video cameras on it so we do have some experience. We are mostly concerned with maintenance suggestions for the motors and circuitry and if anyone has made any efforts to make their birds more dust resistant. And if all else fails I may have a slightly used Draganflyer for sale in a little while. -V