I've read on numerous forums that if you can fly a smaller (mini/micro) fixed pitch heli, you can handle the larger CP helis no problem (especially the much larger, more stable ones). My heli isn't a coaxial either, so it's that much more of a pain in the butt to fly in windy conditions here in Florida (I'm about 14 miles from the coast, so during the day, there's always a breeze- most of my flying is in the very late afternoon and into dusk).

The Honey Bee came with this flight sim software, but unfortunately, it's only for windows XP. It won't work on Vista (which is what I have on my laptop). I did toy around with it on my mom's PC which still has XP though. I think that's partly why I'm able to get it off the ground and actually hover it for a decent amount of time before the wind kicks up and I have to bring it down. It definitely helped me develop more finesse so I can correct the heli ever so slightly.

I'm not buying another heli until I can fly this sucker perfectly though. When I get to that point though, I'm going to upgrade to a Trex or Belt CP; preferably something larger that comes with a brushless outrunner in it already.

Just a quick update: I got the Imax B6 charger. Decent price, does 1-6 lipos, 1-15 NiMH. I needed a new charger to begin with (my dynamite vision peak ultra just can't charge fast enough since it only has a 2.5 amp MAX charge rate for lipos).