I imagine that depends on who the comparison group is. I saw a post here recently in which a new R/C pilot asked for an explanation of airplane controls, apparently unaware of what rudders, elevators, and ailerons do. I think it's fairly obvious that you'll have a faster learning curve than someone beginning at that point.

I'm a low time real life pilot (110 hours in single engine, 3.5 hours in sailplanes) who is just beginning to learn to fly R/C sailplanes, and yup, "what happened to the controls?" is exactly the feeling I had. But on the plus side, after about 6 hours of flying R/C sailplanes, Ihaven't had any "fatal" crashes yet.