Hello Sid, seeing as you are thinking of taking up this wonderful hobby , I will give you a site to look up , that i think you will find very useful to you as a new student to piloting model aircraft. the site is , http://www.bmfa.org/
Save this into your favourites in your computer so you can study it at your leasure, it will give you a lot of info that will be helpful to you from choosing a type of trainer to lessons you will learn when flying. Hope this helps and keep us informed of your progress. We are always here to help with any question
the_madgenius Instructor downunder in Australia.