The echo is a great electric heli, but it wouldn't knock the socks off of a 30!

If you really want to go down the electric powered route, then that is not a bad choice. Just remember to think about what else might be involved.

Like the flight times are only a few minutes a flight compared to 15 mins on an engine one.

Once the battery is flat, that's it for the day, unless you invest in a fast charger or other spare battery packs. With a engine heli, you just fill it up with more fuel.

To increase their flight time, they are built alot lighter, this makes them alot more fragile so everytime you crash, there may be quite a mess.

Some good points are they are quiet, so you can fly in your back garden.

I personally couldn't be bothered to cycle the batteries and do all the other stuff involved and I only have enough money for my raptor at the moment, but when I'm older and am really good at flying, then I'll get one as a 'toy' so I can just fly around inside on a rainy day.