I recently decided to get into helicopters again. The first try was an abomination back in the 70's and it was called a Schluter Helibaby. Never did get it to fly.
This time, lots of hours on Real Flight and the availability of modern helicopters and heli radios and Im now sporting a Sceadu 50 with JR 10x. and an FMA co-pilot. Still have not flown it, only run it up when I came into contact with the point of this post:
The Hover Fly.
On a trip to Creek Hobbies for sundries and a set of V blades, I saw one hanging up on display, so, I asked the obvious question:
Does that thing really fly??(you have to see a picture of it to understand) They emphatically stated,"Not only does it fly, but it is the closest thing to a 30 size heli that you can get to learn on". I bought one and after reading the manual and following the directions and about 6 crashes(this thing is for indoors only) and a couple of outright attacks from the cats, I finally got it to hover!! It uses wall power and a tether cable(micro fine) so there are no batteries and it is soooo light that it can drop from 3' without damage and the flight time is limited only by how long you can stand being focused!!
This is a great learning tool and is similar to but different than a flight simulator in that it is real and in your face. I highly recommend this to beginners like myself.

blabree

i have seen them , they look cool , how much did you pay for it and where do you get one at LoL

I got it at Creek Hobbies here in NJ but they are advertising in RCM and MAN. I think it was about 260 for the one which you use your own transmitter with. They also have one for about 30 more that comes with a controller box also. Seems like a lot of money until you think about the technology and see it fly. Most amazing! and rewarding.

check this one, I met the guy who designed these things

http://www1.minn.net/~mjohnson/draganflyer.html