I was the Kyosho Field rep in the NW when the Rappy's hit the market. I had a great flying Nexus Deluxe and it took a lot of upgrades and custom made stuff to get that way. After one year there were almost no kyosho heli's to be seen. I would go to fun fly's and not see a single nexus and maybe 1 Concept VR. The Rappy is the way to go. Yes it is $100 better and after a crash it will be $100 cheeper to fix.