I was in the same situation as yourself. Been flying planes fors years, but wanted to try helicopters. I do not consider myself an expert by any means, but I learned to fly helicopters with out a simulator and my first helicopter was a Blade CP. I still have it and fly it today. I do have other helicopters as well, and fly them around my yard as often as I can. In my opinion you would get bored with the twin rotor helicopter quickley. You may want to consider a single rotor helicopter and one that you can get parts for easy and local if possible. They are a challange to learn to fly, but not diffcuilt. You will crash and learn to fix them as you progress. So go for it and have a blast.