new to rc heli

i am new to rc heli's and was wondering what eletric helli was the best to buy. i realy cant afford any thing more than 300$

[Daz(DJLFlapper)]

Hi Tim9 and welcome to the helifever forum,

I would not recomend that you start with a electric heli really because they are very nervous helis the smaller they are. There are some very good electirc helis out there though. One is the very popular humingbird, Its is said that it is more stable than the piccolo. Haveing said this I have no personal experience of the hummingbird.
I have a heli that has the ability to fly like a gas heli that is safe to use indoors and now even has the ability via upgrade to fly outdoors on a calm day. This little heli even gives the owner the chance to fly the heli as long as he needs. This is due to the fact that it is powered from the mains. It comes with a control unit that frees you from paying a fortune for a good quality radio.
You spend 5 mins getting it ready and then you can fly as long as you want.
I have written about useig it to teach my 9yr old son to fly on this forum allready. He has only been useing it for 1-2months now and I am going to let him fly/hover my nitro heli this summer.

It is called the hoverfly and really you can't go wrong if you only have a budget of $300. It is very robust and is freindly to use. even though in thepictures it looks as if the rotor isn't moving it is. Here is the link to there sight.
http://www.snelflight.co.uk/

Obviously you will have to look at other options but if you want to learn to fly easily before you commit to more expensive and involving heli's. then you can't really got wrong. I fly nitro heli's myself and love useing this hoverfly.

regards
Darren.