Thanks!

I see that I should have explained a little more...

My intentions are:

1) read and learn as much as I can about helicopters, setting up the radio for heli use etc.
2) buy the equipment
3) use what I have learned and the instruction manuals to build and set up the helicopter and radio
4) get someone from the nearest heli club to have a look at it, correct my mistakes and test fly it
5) learn to fly with an instructor, simulator or both.

I am currently at number 1 above.

pitch/throttle:
If I understand it right, the "throttle stick" controls the angle of the main rotor blades. More pitch requires more engine power to keep rpms constant, and to achieve this the throttle is opened (mixed in by the radio) as pitch increases? The throttle curve is a way to set how much power to add to the corresponding pitch angle? The more adjustment points, the smoother and "better" the throttle curve will be? If set properly, rotor rpms will not change at all regardless of "throttle stick" position?

carburettor adjustment:
How do you set the needles? With airplanes we usually hold the plane, give it full throttle, and adjust it a little rich from peak rpm. Obviously this isn't the way to adjust a heli engine?