HELLO WORLD :
I am going to offer a short recap of my experiences with 300 series Helis to possibly give some guidance for some beginner's questions :
I am a VERY EXPERIENCED R/C flyer (planes) with more than 50 years flying ( 1954! )
20 years ago I was able to Hover the first Collective Heli ( GMP COBRA) for a total of maybe 5 flights. I had no mixes, no gyros, nothing other than 5 regular servos and a 4 channel radio, that was my total experience with helicopters. Fixed pitch was impossible for me to fly (Cricket Heli) and then I gave up helicopters for longer than 20 years. Five (5) blade strikes due to disconnecting balllinks at + 200 $$ + each fix, made me quit for real....![:-]
Four months ago I purchased the EFLITE series ( CX-2 - CP and CP-PRO) thinking that the serial progression would apply ( Easy - Intermed. - Advanced )
The CX-2 was mastered immediately. Moved up to the CP and although hard to do, was able to sustain some HOVER - Experimenting with the PRO discovered that it is actually EASIER to sustain hover than with the CP <Yellow>
All 3 helis have been perfect OUTOFTHEBOX and still are, even after 4 months of flying. Small improvements only were applied ( SuperSkids - better blades).
SUMMARY : I think I have been particularly blessed with good fortune in that all the machines have been perfect from the get-go.......I have not done anything other than practice flying.

Maybe the story of my personal experience will be used as a GUIDE for a beginner.
I WOULD repeat this experience. It has been good. Must mention that having found this THREAD AND ALL THE FRIENDS IN IT has been a SPECIAL GIFT. Here you will get EXPERT GUIDANCE, HELP, SUGGESTIONS, and most of all ENCOURAGEMENT.

Stick around ........ LAISSEZ LES BON TEMPS ROULER !!!!! .....(Louisiana ! ) [:-]