It is definately helping!! I went with a RTF because my attention span can be really short on things, but RC planes has been something I have been interested in for over 20 yrs. I tried to build a kit a few yrs ago and it is still not finished, so I wanted to get something in the air fairly quick to see the results. And then I started running into all of these things, but you guys are definately helping.
As for my corsair kit I am going to cover here soon for a static model. Do not trust my building skills from 3yrs ago.

Caleb