Plenty of info here on RC Universe.  However, it may be hard to find if you don't know exactly what you are looking for.  On our club site I post a lot of information related to beginners - from what to select in terms of planes, batteries, starters to keeping logs and why it make sense.  i started a little over two years ago so it is all fresh for me so i posted info to our site from that perspective.  You can check our site at www.toponewjersey.org although you will find abundant info here as well.  I post it under LenD.  Eventually I will move a lot of it over here, but I can tell you I confirmed gleaned a lot from this site on what to do...and also made some posts...