You're absolutely welcome.

Just going into the subject from what i've seen alot of other people in your position, try to start with something way over the experience level and end up wasting alot of money. The sim should definitely get you prepped, just hope the club can help you out.

Start slow at first until the confidence kicks in, you'll have a blast when you start doing the aerobatics by yourself. Plus the foamie aircraft are easy to fix in the event of the inevitable crash.

It wasn't till about 5 years ago that i started tinkering around with a cheap fpv set up and was looking into what you were describing when i found some schematics for the video transmitter and receiver in a popular mechanics mag. Nowdays the equipment is tried and tested and makes it so easy to get the plane outfitted. Give it some time, you'll be doing touch n goes without even looking at the plane before you know it. I plan on giving my new equipment a full test when i get down to Ca in October, and using a big lofty stable airplane does make it easy to pack in all the gear and still have room throw in more.