It's not ANY harder to learn to fly a taildragger than it is to fly trike gear, regardless of what some say, IF you are starting from the very beginning, and have an instructor that has tailwheel experience. It is, however, harder to transition over to a taildragger after you have learned on, and have quite a bit of time flying trike gear. First, you need to decide what you are going to do, as you seem pretty indecisive right now between heli's and planes. If you decide on planes, think about what aircraft you would like to be flying a year from now...ie, Aerobats, Warbirds, etc. In my opinion, that should have a bearing on what type of trainer you learn on. All the aerobatic aircraft (Extras, Edges, Caps, Pitts, Ultimates, etc) are taildraggers, as are 98% of all the Warbirds. If you start with a taildragger from the beginning, you will already be a leg up when it comes time to start moving into aircraft that will prepare you for those. Some people just have a pre-concieved notion that any taildragger is harder to fly, and that is just not true. I've got over 1500 hours in real tailwheel aircraft, and have been flying nothing BUT tailwheel RC planes since the day I first started RC. Matter of fact, my instructor hadnt even flown a taildragger until he flew my converted LT40 the first day we flew together. Dont let the tailwheel scare you, it's not that big of a deal.