To take a car analogy, if motorsport was the aim, goal and objective but you hadn't even learned to drive yet, then, it might be advisable to get a regular car,

To take a car analogy, if motorsport was the aim, goal and objective but you hadn't even learned to drive yet, then, it might be advisable to get a regular car, maybe one that could be pimped to a certain extent, rather than fork out the £££ for an F1 car or a WRC rally car. The AR Drone is pretty deluxe for a starting point, plus it actually works out the box and is affordable. Whilst having hours of fun with it one could work out what the 'ideal' is actually going to be.