it sure is a lot of fun, i only get to fly on Sundays if im lucky. its taken me forever to get past the rookie stage since i don't get much flight time, i can do alot on the flight sim but i get nervous on the real deal...... i also have the mikado vbar on both my birds, it actually helped my flying a lot more since i dont have to fight the wind too much, but those big blades on my 500 still freak me out