I say, YES, the AXE is a good first Heli. But I have 10 years of plane experience (also alot of sim time on the computer). I was getting bored of flying planes and needed a hobby that I could stick close to home and still fly. My closest flying is 30 miles one way, you know 45 minutes away. Now I just practice in my garge or out in my street, or at the local church parking lot and parks. I have had mine for a week and I love it. If you have never flown an RC airplane or run RC cars you should probably start with a Blade CX2 Heli. We have it much easier than the guys that learned to fly Heli's 10 years ago.

$200.00 for everything you need and the model is test flown at the factory and is ready for a flight out of the box. What could be more fun!!!!