i agree with alot of what you said. planes are the reason i chose helicopters. i had fun flying planes for some time but was always intrigued by helis. i finally got the chance to fly a nexus .30 buddy box style and i was hooked. i agree that more people should take advantage of this amazing hobby. after seeing my mcx and blade 400 2 of my friends went out and purchased there own mcx's. they also have plans of getting bigger birds.

the unfortunate part of this hobby is initial cost combined with difficulty. 99.9% of people that pick up the radio of a 3d heli for the first time will more than likely destroy the helicopter before they even start to enjoy it, and of coarse they want to buy the biggest best thing they can get and skip right past the sim. no one wants to start out with a sim, they want to go right to the limelight at the airfield.

i think with better lhs support of the hobby things would grow in the right direction. all potential heli pilots should be steered into a small electric counter rotation heli and a sim. with these two tools an a through explanation on how important learning to fly first is, the rest will fall into place.

i only spent a single afternoon trying to fly the nexus. im sure that if i would have had full control of it and wasn't connected with a buddy box that it would have been garbage by days end. but it gave me a greater appreciation for what my friend was trying to tell me. i was givin the right path to learning to fly the cheap way. and i will agree that starting with a sim isn't a glorious way to show off a sweet new heli but it is a great way to build up to being able to fly that sweet new heli when u are ready to purchase it.


i plan on having alot of fun with my new hobby, of coarse my rc trucks are mad at me but they will have to just get over it.

thats just my .02 for what its worth.