right on man... if you need anything throw me a pm, I'll help you out however I can. You'll like the 450 size, it'll be a dream to fly compared to the beast of a cp... mine was...
I did it the same way, but got frustrated with the CP, I could never get it to fly, then once I got into the 450's, I went back and can fly the cp, it's just that I don't want to now

I'll do something with it this winter, I think I can actually fly it in my living room.