About the LG, I strongly recommend the 3dhobbyshop.com aluminum gear. It held up to a crash that ripped out the bottom of the fuselage when the wind switched directions on me in a harrier.

Once you get the KM set up right, it rocks. I fly mine like a foamy, catching it from hovers and poking the thing with the TX antanna while hovering right in my face. Its FUN!