I will only comment on the way I learned which is the school of hard knocks or should I say the School of hard landings.


I started with a HB FP heli and in my opinion this is a POS! I had this for about a month and learned tail in hovering so so and refused to sink any more money into it. I bought G3 and never touched the HB again. Over the course of the next 3 months I put a lot of time on the SIM and slowly accumulated a T-Rex and all the parts for it. By the time it was ready to fly I was very proficient at flying on the SIM. Hovers all orientations, loops, rolls, funnels, inverted hovers, flips all sorts of flying.

I got the TRex out and was able to nose in the first pack. I was thinking man this cool it’s going to be just like the SIM WRONG!!!!! I was able to FF and FFF by the third pack but anything else was a disaster.

I am better now I usually only wreck because of mechanical failure or I am trying something new on occasion theirs is still the dumb thumb. I am still a novice only been at it for 6 months.

I’ve had wrecks that only cost $4.00.
I’ve had wrecks that cost $50.00
The wreck will cost something with the T-Rex

From what I’ve read here and other places with the Corona most of the time pick it up straighten it and start flying again.

Me I like punishment and if I had to do it over the only thing I would change is no buying the HB.

I like CP heli’s and will never go back to FP, just me!

If you are very detail orientated and like tinkering and lots of reading it’s not to bad to go the route I have. I could have done it a litter better with more patience.

No matter which way you go please save your self some money in the long run and get the SIM.

Tony