Well there are a few issues withe the SE for a beginner. Mostly parts are more expensive and you are much more likely to strip the servo gears if the rotor blades touch the ground. Metal gear servos reduce this risk great though, such as the Hitec HS-65MG.

Otherwise it's a good choice. I had to upgrade my XL HDE to erverything metal from the swash up due to breaking parts in flight, not resutling in crashes thankfully. I would suggest that you get plastic main rotor blade grips rather than the metal ones the SE comes with. These will often break and save carbon fiber rotor blades. There is no performance difference between the metal grips and the plastic grips.