Psi,

I completely agree, I am a new newbie. And I have just now (like last 15 minutes) gotten my flying under control, and my heli direct shipment just came. I just bought things to make my heli more durable, becuase I wanna cut down on costs down the road, as well as a pitch guage so I can get everthing set right, I still need to work on my tail, but I can fly it fine, even while it wags, I love that. And I've been flying totally stock, not properly set up, with some extra tape, that is my rig, and it flies fine. At first I thought if I spent a lot of parts it'd make it easier to fly. I have learned that that is not the case. If I had to explain it, I'd say it like this: New/better parts might make it easier to control, but that is really for the people who are trying more advanced moves. Flying it is still as hard as it is for a new pilot. You need to master that before you can do anything complicated enough to necisitate the use of high quality upgrades. Though upgrading some things are fine, like lipos, and durability parts.