Hi, the Lite Machines heli's are great! They are really stable and great flying and durable, which is the key if you're first learning to fly heli's. They are fixed pitch and the controls are pretty much the same as it would be on most planes. Left stick controlling throttle and tail, right stick, controlling nose up or nose down and roll left and right. I own a Corona and it is an awesome heli, definitely great for a first heli and it will be a while, probably months and months before your skill will exceed the limits of the heli and even then a lot of experienced heli fliers and pros still hang on to them because it's so much fun. You definitely can't go wrong with a Lite Machines