Skillet92, your gamesphere and RC car background will help a lot. My gut tells me you will indeed pick up on flying quickly. So, you may already be in what we call the danger zone, even if you haven't flown for real yet. The "zone", which we all have been thru, is when you have 95% of the skills needed for everyday flying, but then the 5% comes up a bites ya. It generally happens shortly after pilots have soloed and start to try new things (another good reason to try that stuff on the sim first.) You shouldn't be afraid of pushing your limits as that is the only way to get better, but it is always better to err on the side of caution. When you actually take to the air, my suggestion is to tone down, or be more cautious, than what you can pull off in the sim. Get a feel for how the plane is different than the sim. Do things a bit higher than what you do in the sim, etc. You're doing the right thing by getting an instructor and joining a club. Glad to have you in the hobby and I think you will find flying much more entertaining than RC cars and vid games. Cheers.