RE: Which is a good starter heli?
My advice, buy one of the inexpensive 4ch FP heli kit's offered throught the web. (less than $100). From experience i would lean towards the walkera dragonfly heli's i've seen prices for a complete kit as low as $84+shipping(~$15-20). They are okay and parts are readily available from many places on/off ebay. i have 3 of them and they work satisfactory for just hovering and mild FF. Beware of the TX setups. If you buy one direct from Hongkong or China, they are set up with in some strange mode. It's easily to fix though.