I have enough of a mess working on my 12V Cummins diesel, I would really rather avoid the mess of nitro too so was planning on electric plus I already have 3 chargers for NiCad, MiMH and LiPo and 600MaH up to 3200MaH batteries from my planes. My radio is not heli compatible, it's a simple 4ch. I have flown with the computer radio's and don't really like them. That's a contributing factor for the HBKII since it's basically an RTF. I figure this will end up just like my planes, started out with a Slo Stick and slowly migrated to stick built. I'll probably buy an RTF heli and end up eventually going to a complete kit and putting my own gear in once my abilities have gotten to that point.