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I have been flying nitro and electric heli's for over 5 years now and have had a 90 size nitro MD500 scale, a couple of 50 size thunder Tiger Raptors and in recent years have transitioned to 500 and 600 size electrics.
RC heli's are enormous fun but there are a couple of tricks that often get learned the hard way.
First, small is hard not easy, I know, seems ridiculous but the bigger ( and by that I mean 500 size or larger) are more stable, and less impacted by breeze, ground effect etc.
Second, if you start small and love it you will jump to a little larger, then jump again and again. The cost of those jumps are more than buying the large heli up front.
Third, you need to start with a flight sim, no matter what anyone says. It will save you money and stress. Crash in your computer, not on the field.
Lastly, go to a club, learn with people who have done it before because you need to build your heli, it's the only way to learn how they fly and more importantly enable you to rebuild and I promise you will need to.
Have fun, I do whenever I can, flew this afternoon...
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