You may be able to use the TX that came with the e-sky heli to run with a simulator. There are several free sims you can download like FMS and there is another strictly for helis called heli sim rc that seems to be good too. I'm a noob to helis too so there may be others that more folks would recommend.

Look on the back of your tx and see if there is a port or jack marked either trainer or simulator. That port can be hooked to your pc with the appropriate cable and then used to control some of the free sims. I have also heard good things about clearview and it is reasonable ($40 I think).

Hope this helps,

Jim