I''m similar to yourself. Beendoing planes 10 years and started helis last fall. My main reason was to keep my fingers in this somehow as I had to get catract surgery done. Planes were getting fuzzy and did not want to stuff any, so i bagged it all. Just had the surgery a couple weeks ago so it looks like a few of the planes are coming down from the ceilng. The small ones are nice but fixed pitch. They''re toys. IMHO if your going toget one, get a cheap one. Once you go to a 450 size, your going to have to learn all over again and again IMHO you really should practice on a simulator.