I too am a nitro rc truck/buggy guy who is just getting started getting off the ground. Here is the plan I came up with Justin and so far has been fun. For about 180 bucks I got the Blade cx2 coaxial. Yes it is meant to be flown inside but works just fine outside in very low wind conditions. Once I master this little bugger I am going to get a Blade 400 3D which runs about 480 bucks and comes with a pretty nice Spektrum radio. From there I am going to bug the hell out of the people here that know what they are talking about as far as nice nitro helis go. The previous 2 I mentioned are electrics.