Ok., all you R/C gurus out there, is it advisable to get some help from an instructor for my first flight? I'm a recently retired crop duster with 8,000 or so hours in everything from Piper Pawnees to Air Tractors. Mostly in Cessna 188 AgTruck.

I learned a long time ago that every A/C is different and to expect the unexpected, and I would guess that R/C is the same.