Welcome to the addiction. I'm fairly new and still training. I'll say the best thing I've done is to find a local club and get a instructor to help me learn to fly - I'm sure its saved me at least a couple of repairs/new planes. The second best thing I've done is to do lots of reading here. I've been able to find answers to most of my questions by searching the forums here and if not I just ask questions and the folks here are very helpful with answering them. I'm flying a LT-40 I built from a kit and the beginners forum, and RCKen's build thread, have been invaluable. I get complements on my plane and covering job every time I go to the field.