I am not sure if somone has mentioned safety issues and they very important.
How do you start the engine, how do you protect your fingers using the glow starter, how to carry the plane while it's running.
Safety is soooo important considering the prop cuts through the bone and anything flying at 100 MPH with something spinning at hundreds of RPM in front is a danger not just to yourself but to others.

Get an instructor. That's the best thing you can do.
Learning to fly is actually second to saving time, money and preventing accident.</p>