My personal opinion, Belt-CP.
RTF + tail servo + CF paddles, futaba 240 and futaba radio gear =
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KAv7hajTE4Y [That ain't me that's someone who helped me having the piece of plastic so called an rc helicopter off the ground]
Buy an ARF, get some servos and radio gear +gyro it's cheap and has really good performance. (At least to me)
I bought RTF cause i was a noob and I regret it deeply as I swap out many stuff.