I flew airplanes for over 20 years and got into helicopters about five years ago. I started off with the Blade CP with flat bottom blades, it was one of the hardest helis to fly. Since I have flown alot of electrics and Nitros. If your interested a good first heli would be a Raptor 50, Trex 600 or even the Hirobo SDX (very stable). As far as Electrics a good one would be the Trex 500. Be careful though, helis are addictive!