MinioN, If you don't get help, and no you don't have to join a club to get help but you probably will have to join the AMA. Chances are you will try to fly your plane but it won't run right because no one showed you how to set the needles both the high end and the low end. If you do get it into the air you will then plant it into the ground. It will need to be repaired but since you won't go to a club to get help you won't know how to fix it. You will get discourage and give up. It doesn't cost money to ask someone to show you how to fly, there is alot to learn. I started flying almost 4 years ago. I went to a field walked up to the first "old guy" I saw and asked hime how do I get started in this hobby. He told go buy a trainer and come back next week and I'll show you how. That was the start of a great relationship. He has become my mentor and good friend. The knowledge he has shared with me has been invaluable and with out his help I would have never learned anything