I am looking to get into this form of RC. It seems almost all on this board use nitro heli's. Are the electric any good? I have two cars that are both electric and thought I could use the same batteries. I am looking at the Nexus and Raptor. My feeling is the electric would be easier to fix and or trouble shoot, but since I don't have any experience, please let me know. Thanks in advance for any advice.

No offense to those that like the electrics, they are way to lightly built to take any kind of abuse from a new flier. I wouldn't recomend any electric except for maybe a logo for a new flier and then I would have to think twice to do it..

Believe me.. just battery expense will bearly save you money when it comes to learning helis. You would be much better off with one of the good 30 size machines such as a Raptor, Sceadu, Shuttle or Nexus than an Electric Heli..

I know some will dissagree but I have seen people try to learn on electrics and those that didn't get overly discouraged from the cost of repairs put those helis on the shelf, purchased a glow, and then after learning on the glow played with the electrics..

I agree. The smaller the heli is, the less stable it will be. Electrics are harder to fly than glow IMO. One point I'm not sure I agree with though is the durability issue. The electrics like the hornet anf the piccolo are so light that they turn out to be quite crashworthy. I've seen a hornet go in hard and the only damage was that the tail servo popped off. A little CA and it was back in the air 5 minutes later. Anyway, in an ideal world where money were no object, the best heli to learn on would be a .60 size glow or larger. Since money is an issue, I would go with one of the .30s recommended above. Believe it or not, glow is often less hassel than electric all things considered.