I tried learning myself...for 10 seconds I think. My trainer stalled on takeoff cuz I used too much elevator and not enough power. Good thing only a repairable crack in the fusalage, broken aileron, aileron servo tray riped off, battery flew out, dented wing thats all. I was flying on snow so it wasnt too bad and no damage to the engine either. If you cant find an instructor like me just taxing aroudn on the ground alot and every once in a while let it take off a foot or two off the ground then land. Do that a couple times and take off when your ready I guess. Thats what I did...it flew after a few crashes of course.