I think that I would suggest that you spend the extra money on Real Flight Simulator. That will be the biggest aid in your flight training if you are not going to have an instructor. I am not saying that the auto pilot will not help though. Be sure to take a look at the radio requirements though since you will not be able to use all of the features with some basic radio systems.

Here are the details on Tower Hobbies:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...1&I=LXNA35&P=7

Before all of this, I would suggest that you go out of your way to find someone to train you. I have seen what happens when someone takes off and has never flown a plane before. Most of the planes in this sitution do not come down in one piece.