RE: Newbie question on a raptor
For a little more, I'd build one myself from scratch. If you're starting,, I suggest you order a kit. Once you crash, what are you going to do?? U'r not gonna know what goes where. So that's my opinion on that..
Gyro and tail servo, I'm a futaba guy so I don't know anything about the JR stuff.
The rest looks ok. Except for the Carbon blades. Take those off and put woodies on until you sucessfully fly the heli..
Theres tons more stuff that can be said but i'll let the rest of the people chime in on that.
-Tomi