hi been new to this myself and having just flown my trainer for the sixth time on my own without a tutor!!! i can say it is possible to do it yourself!!!.the best advice ive seen on here was to find a large field and instead of flying the plane out in front of you like you do at a club .fly the plane arround you in big circles till you get the hang of it and get it trimmed up etc!! its much easyer to do it that way than fly the plane out in front all the time,once youve got the hang of it you can try flying patterns in front of you!!!.the good thing about having a field all to yourself is you can fly it arround you which at a club would be a big no no .have you thought of trying a cheap electric plane 1st?.much easyer to repair when you crash!!!.