no other flyers near me that I know of, may find someone at the swapmeet sat, yes 1st heli, have training gear on, mistake trying to fly it in the grass, wont try that again, hope to have part in by saturday....it seemed to be behaving ok ,even after the grass strike piniongear/shear ,,I held it in my hand (above my head) to run out the tank and all the controls were very responsive and set correctly .....I'll let you know how it goes, next time.. Rog