I learned to fly my blade mcx, got bored with it and got an Ave cpv3. Couldn't hover it and after a few crashes I bought the realflight 4.5

By the next day I could at least hover it a whole pack without breaking anything, still working on basic FF. It is a very quick and light heli and gets away kinda easy but you know what? They have a Axe cp on the sim and its about just as hard on there too. Got a E-flite G110 gyro coming for it soon...

I kept reading the 450 size is great for a beginner...bigger being more stable. So I just bought one of the trex450 clones and everything except a receiver,radio and charger for under $250. Of course, I got some extas and hopups so it could be done for even cheaper. I figure it will be fun to build and cheaper to fix!