Schweizer 300 Micro Electric RC Helicopter
Get a good sim... Realflight G2 comes to mind... There are others that are good but G2 is still probably the top of the heap...
The cost of G2 will likely save you enough in crash damage to justify its cost... Spend time on it until you get the orentation down and go have fun... Then you keep using G2 to try new maneuvers...