The little collective pitch helis take a bit of tinkering to get set-up correctly and re-build for those inevitable crashes, small blade whacks usually result in new pitch links, paddle links etc. They can be made to fly well and do aerobatics with. One other option is a fixed pitch heli like the E Sky Honeybee, it's about $129 with a Tx and batts. The HB FP can cruise around in normal flight pretty good, and is very easy and cheap to repair, you won't have to fuss with pich and throttle curves etc.