TachyonDriver
Senior Heliman
Location: Chipping, Lancs, UK
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| The cheaper helicopters (both single-rotor (normal) and co-axial) tend not to get damaged so much when they crash, because they are 'collective pitch' and the blades are turning slower.
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I think you mean Fixed pitch?
Have a look around the Beginners Corner area of RR for more education too!
What wlfk said is true for the most part, but co-axial helis are good fun. Some people say that you will get bored of them real quick, but the helis are small enough to fly indoors in reasonable sized rooms. So when the weather's bad and/or it's too cold/dark to fly outside, the co-ax can be driven around the house. They are incredibly stable for a helicopter - that top rotor wants to keep the heli upright and hovering all the time.
Co-axials are good for helping you with orientation - the thing seems to fly differently when it's facing you instead of facing away from you  . The controls are similar to the single rotor helis and will allow you to grasp the basics of hovering around and gentle landings! Helicopters of any type do not like hard landings - they all break, but co-axials and fixed pitch helis are easier & cheaper to repair.
If you haven't already done so, check out some videos of the different helicopter types; co-axial, fixed pitch and collective pitch. RR has videos and YouTube has thousands! Typical makes are Blade CX2, Twister Medevac (both co-axial), HoneyBee FP, Sabre, Dragonfly 4 (all fixed pitch single rotor), Raptor, Trex (450 and 600) Hurrican, Knight 50 (collective pitch single rotor).
You can get a good idea about how hard/easy the helis are to fly from a simulator. Does your B/F have one? If so, ask him to let you have a go! If not ask the hobby shop to set the sim up with a typical electric or nitro heli and go for it! Brand new heli available with every press of the reset button.
Best of luck - my wife has no interest in helicopters, apart from how much I may spend on parts! 
Tach.
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