aws, Id agree with that. While the BladeCP is not a trainer heli, its certainly a better choice for a beginner than say...a trex or something. I just cant see any beginner starting off on a Trex and actually being successful. Ive been flying helis for about 6 months, and the Trex still requires my utmost attention. The Blade is way more forgiving than a Trex, but not as much as some of the actual "training" helis like the XRB,BladeCX,Housefly etc.

You could learn on a Blade, and many have been successful doing that, but its not really what it was designed for. E-flite designed it to be a intermediate heli for pilots that already had experience on some other heli, and were ready to move up to CCPM style flight and aerobatics. It just so happens that the bladeCP's low price, small size and ease of use makes it a somewhat reasonable beginners heli.