Big G, welcome to the club. The RTF version that you are looking at should come with a more than adequate JR 4 channel radio, reciever and servos already installed. The manual that comes with it explains in fair detail how to assemble the parts, what they are all called and etc. It has detailed information on how long to charge the batteries even. When you finish putting it together, before you get to fly it, you should have an experienced person look it over, just to perform some mechanical checks for the sake of integrity. They will help ensure that the servos are operating in the proper directions, and that there are no loose fasteners. Happy flying.