I too got the Blade CP as a first heli. And to tell the truth, I love every min that I use it. I finally was able to get it into the air thanks to bdavison and his assembly thread. I had to do some adjustments on her.. and now I am actually learning something. Like John, I too am a true E-Flite customer. You can't go worng with the price to the availability of the parts. I would recommend that you look at getting a set of plastic main blades as you will crash and woodies get expensive over the long run. I am on my 5th set already.

Take care and good flying.

Chris