I find that setting up the swashplate to slightly tilted foward and slightly tilted to the right gives the best lift off and hovering (Lots of tweaking in this department)
Get lipos 1320's any brand. Get up in the air a bit say waist high then you don't have to deal with the rotor wash (seems like I broke alot more tring to skate the ground) A new pilot will find that the slightest wind will make this heli go crazy be ready to counteract or land.