Hey.....If you went the Trex or EXI Bare-bones route, you always have the free videos from the heli-god himself. Bob "Finless" White. [link=http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=11373]Check these videos out first[/link]. He has every step you would need to build one yourself. If you have the time, he's got the lesson. After you check some of those videos out [link=http://helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=41692]Look at all the extra help you have for general Heli maintenance[/link]...Buying RTF can be good for a beginner but everyone sooner or later wants/needs better parts. It sucks to have to look at all those substandard parts that came off the RTF, never to be used again!!! haha

I started with the King2 and it is only about 5% stock as it sits now. The radio is junk and you have to upgrade the brushed motor and ESC pretty much before you fly it(I am not talking King3). You could go for the King 3, Belt CP or Belt CP 2. All have brushless motors and some have 2.4Ghz radios. They are all kinda expensive though for what you get. In my opinion you will become a heli mechanic faster if you buy Esky because they require a ton of work to keep flying. Especially if you crash alot (this is a good thing if you want to learn with a cheap heli). If you bought something else like a T-rex or EXI you will become a heli pilot faster. Once you set them up, if you are not crashing them, they stay flyable much longer with very little maintenance(My experience anyway). I still to this day have to work on my King 10 times as much as the EXI. It never seems to lose it's "set-up"...She purrs like a kitten...At this time, I would like to give Kudos to the HS65HB servos. These are the best investment I have made in servos thus far....

Hopefully others will give an opinion since I am spoiled now with the EXI and getting out of the Esky scene(I will keep the King but not buy anymore). Haha

Z