RE: thinking about starting w/heli's
no actually not everyone recommends it. as far as I know from your posts the cx-2 is the only heli you own. if I had to do it over again I would NOT have gotten my co-axial and gone straight to a 450 size electric. seriously I was bored with it in 2-3 weeks, it was collecting dust because I was having more fun flying a sim than flying the co-ax.
sounds like the guy at your hobby shop is a very good sales man.