RE: First time flyer
Max, seeing as how the honeybee2, Carbooon and the Blade are all pretty much the same heli, and judging by my experience with the Carbooon and the Blade, Id say its a good heli.
The Blade and Carbooon are both built really well. The rotor head is good quality composite plastic, not that cheap plastic some of the FP helis are made out of. The Parts fit well, and everything works smoothly. There's no friction on the swashplate, everything is really smooth.
The rotor head is a simple design, and is really easy to understand and manipulate. Its also durable, as Ive managed to tip mine over once. It didnt do anything to the head, and it was revved up full speed when it went in. Just remember to chop the throttle all the way (trims too) if it goes in.
For the low cost of the Esky heli's you really cant go wrong.
Oh, and the 4-in-1 thing works fine. The only thing I would like, is to see the included transmitters with expo and adjustable collective, so you could adjust the collective curve to more of a U shape instead of V shaped. But of course this would make the price go up. You can always just get a good futaba or JR radio and do that.
Im not sure which type blades the Honeybee2 comes with. The Carbooon I got came with full 3d set-up and full symmetrical blades. The Blade comes with flat bottom blades. You'll want a set of full symmetrical blades if you plan on doing inverted flight and some heat sinks for the motor.