Welcome to the hobby! Strangely enough after about 10 minutes into my first flight, I lost my mind(as opposed to your nerves)! Havent found it since.
The time it takes to solo is as vast as there are people and planes. I took about 10 weeks. and the week after I soloed, (9th flight solo)[:@] I put my plane in. not a bad crash, but enough to remind me that in the battle of planes and gravity,,,,,,gravity will always win. lol.
After my past year of flying, I can say I have had a great time overall. The guys and gals in RCU are great, and more helpful than you can imagine.
Again, welcome and if you have any questions, feel free. There are no stupid questions.[X(]
(now if I could just figure out how to sprout balsa trees from all these splinters)