RE: Auto pilot
The Co-pilot is a good little tool. But you won't really be learning to fly the helicopter with one. Get load of time on the sim, get someone to set the heli and transmitter up properly & test fly it, join a club if you can. Also don't ecpect to just start flying on the first attempt. The first 20-30 hours is just getting the hover right!
Here's a link to the FMA Copilot page.
[link=http://www.fmadirect.com/Detail.htm?item=1768§ion=29]Co-Pilot.[/link]