Would the Falcon 3D be a good first time helicopter? If so what spares would I want to get with it?

which Falcon are you talking about? I don't own any of the Falcon helis yet but when I was looking around, ESKY and Trex stuff were more popular and easier to get.
If you mean Falcon 3d FP, I think it is a little similar to Honey Bee FP, so you may be helped by looking into HBFP spare kit threads.

Hey, dont know first hand, but the reviews seem OK. Hobby-Lobby is closing out "problem" Falcons for $150.00, you might want to check it out.

Well, let me put it to you this way. I bought the falcon 3d with no previous experience with a collective pitch heli. Needless to say, that thing got the living s**t beat out of it while I attempted to learn to fly it, but it survived my lack of experience and now is a joy to fly. Spare parts are in plentiful supply from hobby lobby and you can even swap in some various T-rex parts. My advice to you would be to buy as many spares of all the things that are going to break or bend from crashes. As soon as you get your heli out of the box, study its construction and how all of the parts work together. It seems a little daunting, but at some point you are going to be taking apart that complicated rotor head and readjusting some part of it. But its really not so bad if you have some mechanical aptitude, which I would say is a prerequisite for this hobby. Just for the record, my falcon 3D has had to have the main blades replaced three times, two sets of tail blades, tail shaft, a main drive gear, rotor main shaft, feathering spindle, two servos, two canopies, brushless motor, scale landing skids, and various ball links and pushrods[X(]. My falcon has survived some minor blade strikes and even one full-blown slam into the ground crash. But $40 is always enough to get it airworthy all over again. Having said all this, I only recommend it to the beginner who has patience, enjoys taking things apart and rebuilding them, and is willing to spend the money to buy the spare parts that are going to get broken. If this is not you, then I would recommend the co-co lama coaxial helicopters.

Thanks for the info and I have had expierience with 2 havocs and a reflex heli but all of them are broken after 3 months of flying so I'm looking for something that can fly outdoors.

funny you should mention the havoc heli. that was what actually got me interested in this hobby too. It's an amazing little machine...but it really isn't much more than a toy. Once the preinstalled battery goes bad you just have to throw your havoc heli away [&o]. You'll have lots of outdoor fun flying a coaxial rotor helicopter outside. But just remember...wind is a bad thing when you are attempting to learn to fly something new. Pick a calm day and you won't have any crashes that keep you from flying.

From the experience I have and reading I have done, The Falcon 3D is hit or miss. Do not buy one of the "AS IS" from Hobby Lobby unless you know what you are doing ... basically you should be buying it for spare parts if you already have one or as a second bird if you know what you're getting into.

Some people have fairly good luck with them, but I really think the threads are so long because it takes so much support to keep one even hovering. You don't see as much "chitter chatter" with other birds and I don't think it has anything to do with the love of the bird, rather with the love of the hobby and poor quality.

I have had one and can tell you the quality is no where close to something like a Align T-Rex 450 SE or SE V2. Those, of course, are more expensive....

That does not answer your question, but I would recommend something other than that -- look into another variety or look into a notch or two in quality above.

there is no use in comparing the falcon 3d with a t-rex...... 'rex ready to go is like 3 times more than the falcon. if the head is set up, i find it very easy to hover, the stock tx kinda sucks, but hey, for a couple hundred bucks, what do you expect.....

saturday im picking up another ar6200, im gonna throw it in the falcon, just to see how much better it handles, im gonna bet it'll make a world of a difference. ;-) ill report back on saturday.....