I've never flown an RC heli. I fly RC planes, and can hover heli's nose out in Realflight G2. I decided to go ahead and buy an electric Heli. I live in Michigan, and it'll be cold here for at least a few more months. So I'd like to get an electric micro that I can practice hovering in my basement. budget isn't a huge concern as long as it isn't outrageous. If anyone could give me a little help I'd really appreciate it. My biggest dilema is whether I should go with a coaxial, fixed pitch, or variable pitch heli. Will I get bored too quickly with a coaxial? Will it not teach me the skills I'll need for a variable pitch heli? Here are my requirements and the heli's I'm considering in each category.

1) Must be an electric micro heli (something that I can fly indoors)
2) Must be RTF. I'll build one eventually, but would rather not deal with the building issues just yet.


Coaxial
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Blade CX $189


Fixed Pitch
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Sabre $149
RotoFly Mini $219
DragonFly II $250
Night Ranger II $159


Variable Pitch
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Blade CP $219
Night Ranger 3D $219

You should go variable pitch

No doubt about it...go with the variable or collective pitch...

I had the trouble of deciding what i wanted to get for myself...had almost the same dilema, but decided for the Blade CP...due to ease of parts from my lhs...and also ease of everything....

good luck with your decision...

Go with the Blade, but leave it stock. Don't get the 3 cell Lipo "upgrade" or you will go into the tail motor burnout spin that you have read about in a lot of other posts. Buy an extra stock battery and a good charger and enjoy it for what it is.