I just bought myself an Ark X400, its a great stable electric heli, its larger than the normal micro stuff, has an aluminum tail boom and frame, collective pitch main AND tail rotor, and a belt-drive system for the tail rotor. You can get them on ebay through RC Expert for like 250 with EVERYTHING but the transmitter/reciever. Brushless motor and esc, lithium battery, etc are included. Tower hobbies also carries it now as a Helimax MX400, its really very stable, right now i'm at the hovering and floating around stage : ). Plus, it costs considerably less per hour than full sclae
