Hey Asid!!! Yes, I got the Spektrum 8, with the LiPo battery with the 8 channel receiver included. And to get back up to speed, I bought the Horizon Hobbies UMX Timber Park Flyer. I rejoined my old club and several of the members helped me immensely with programming the profile for the aircraft. I really didn't know what I didn't know! Wow, so much has changed in the hobby over the fifteen years I have been away. So far I have had one day at the field with it and it is still undamaged. Looking forward for more, it really was a lot of fun.
While working on the programming at the field, we heard a loud 'POP' from the helicopter area. Looked over and up to see a shower of parts cascading down. They were over there doing outrageous aerobatics, and apparently the copter threw a blade, then instantly totally disintegrated. There was nothing left that even suggested that it was a helicopter! Two or three guys spent about thirty minutes in the tall grass picking up parts.