You might want to get a Simulator and fly that for a few hours before trying the real thing. About 90% of those that try to fly on their own crash within 10 seconds.

Here's a link to a guy that makes an interface to go between a transmitter and your PC. He includes a copy of FMS which is a free flight simulator.
http://www.mattclement.freeservers.com/fms/fms.html

Good luck.
Dennis-