Raylon

Well, I've seen ads for this little thing a lot of places, so I finally checked it out.

http://ohiomodelplanes.com/tornado/

It looks like a great beginner package; a lot of flexible stuff. And the price is right too. But, looks can be deceiving. Would this be a good way to start with none co-axial heli? Or would it be better to just get the Blade CP?

Charlie

Personally I would go with the Blade CP, it is a collective pitch heli, the Tornado is a fixed pitch heli.
My opinion, fixed pitch helis are junk, you are very limited to what you can do with them and they are harder to control and fly.
The biggest thing to remember when buying a helicopter, you get what you pay for. You buy a cheap helicopter, that's what your getting, "a cheap helicopter". Their are lots of junk micro clone helicopters out there, and that's what they are "JUNK". The Blade CP has proven itself, a lot of people have them and 99% of the people that have them like them (from what I have read). I know a guy that has one and he loves it.

Raylon

Yea, thats what I thought. I can get 40 bucks off one so I will probably gettting one in the near future.