I appreciate the advise...lol I do plan on joining a club. Lucky for me a guy I work with is big into this. He gave me the club info and there is a nice location close to me that they fly. My biggest problem now is that I decided to buy a trainer on line without first speaking with him about it. BIG COSTLY mistake. No I didnt crash. Never even got assembled completely. I bought a cesna 182 trainer from BANANAHOBBY