"Is it like flying a coaxial where it never will really get off balance, or is it something more advanced flying and similar to a ccpm set up? "

not nearly the same as coax and the setup is different from CCPM from the pitch ways but they are not too bad too fly. If they are very small they are not too stable and harder to fly. A smaller CCPM is not a bad way to go either. I also will be going to a small helicopter for the winter. 340mm is about the smallest that provides some stability but a little bigger is still smoother and easier to fly.