I once would have said get a Electric to start with but no longer after last Saturday at a Heli flyin in Denver I say get a good glow heli like a Raptor 50 or something comparable there are no electrics that are as easy to fly as a good heavy nitro bird and they are very steady in the wind I even saw a Joker,Micado logo 10 and a mikado logo 24 Bionic fly and none of them handled the wind like the raptor 50 and I saw the 24 drill itself into the ground.I have traded my Trex for a Hirobo Freya Eagle 60 and could not be more happy and my JR Voyager E is going on the sale block to get a HyperRaptor kit from Helipro's my days of wasting my time with electrics and expensive battery's are over and you should consider a good Raptor to learn with also.