The Blade CP is not a good beginner heli, I have 5 yrs of flying fixed wing, and hovering 3D ships and this thing is a real challenge. I got it to hover nicely after 10 hrs. of adjustments, one small hard landing and I was replacing all kinds of those nylon pcs. (they do however have good parts support at all the shops so you're back in the air). When you cut this loose in foward fligh,t it's as fast as a sport e-plane and one screw-up and it's basically totaled. It's a nice copter, but if you're a raw beginner get a slowflyer aircraft ore one of the coax blade ships.