I reccomend staying away from a first heli with a direct drive seperate tail motor. They tend to wash out easily and its just another motor/esc that can burn out. Just about everyone carries Horizon/eflight/align products anymore. I've had every blade from the msrx up to the 400. Multiple align 450 3gx's and a few DFC's. and my biggest is a Hirobo evo with a .30 nitro. The 3 cell 450 class is by far my favorite. Batteries are cheap, parts are cheap, and they fit in a passenger side floor instead of taking up a whole back seat.