There is a few of the old crew kicking about, RGM Rotorydoc evdreamer and stumper are still kicking about, and obviously me.

I think the pugh method could be great although ive never experianced it before.

The flow chart idea :

I was thinking more of starting with budget before helis Mark. Say what budget do you have, what monthly budget would you have to spend on repairs. What abilitis are you wanting from your heli, ie indoor fun, scale flight, 3d etc then introduce which heli would best suit what they want.