My total instruction consisted of a zoom up a hi-start for sailplanes. I've been flying free flight and u-control for many, many years but this was my first venture into RC. I asked one of the pilots at the field how it was supposed to work. He took my TX as I stretched out the hi-start and let it go when he said to do so. About halfway up the hi-start he handed me the TX and said "That's all there is to it". I soloed on my first trip to the slope soaring site because I had to. Having been modeling for some years I stumbled around the sky and came in for a pretty decent landing. Never saw my "instructor" again. Went back on a week day when no others were around and flew a couple of flights, caught a thermal and had to chase the thing for a mile becaue I didn't know how to get it back, but it was still in one piece. Then I decided that power was the answer. I'm still an intermediate pilot and usually spend some time on the buddy box and it's been thirty years since my ? solo. I found the biggest problem is time on the sticks. When I don't fly for a few weeks it's like starting all over again.