I AM AN INSTRUCTOR I'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP YOU OUT I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY MOST CLUBS ARE OR SHOULD BE. SHOW UP TELL 'EM YOU'RE NEW AND WANT TO JOIN THE CLUB (BE HELPFUL IF YOU HAD YOUR AMA MEMBERSHIP PENDING, REQUIREMENT FOR 99 PERCENT OF CLUBS)
AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF CHANNELS, GO WITH 4 FROM THE GIT GO. IT'LL BE HARDER TO LEARN AILERONS IF YOU START WITH A 3 CHANNEL.
TO FLY WITH AN INSTRUCTOR ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS HAVE COMPATABLE EQUIPMENT (TRANSMITTER) THAT THE CLUB HAS A BUDDY BOX FOR. MOST HAVE FUTABA AT LEAST. A WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN, AND THE TIME TO DEVOTE (WEEKLY) UNTIL YOU SOLO.
I RECCOMMEND THE SIG LT-40 KADET AS YOUR TRAINER. DO YOUR SHOPPING AT TOWER HOBBIES ON LINE. GET A PRICE AND SEE IF YOU LOCAL HOBBY STORE WILL MATCH IT IF NOT ORDER FROM TOWER
GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN