here's a tip that has so far worked for me get your training from a club member , when you can , for free, from your club or join another one ,many of my club members belong to several for allot of reasons . get a quality simulator I have the G-3 but there are several that are great and get your" stick time" there . today I flew for the first time in a while just been busy but have been hitting the sim almost every night what a difference it has made in my flying there was a confidence that only practice can give, a little bit goes a long way a good sim is 200$ ( just spoiled myself and got some add-ons for another 100$) the sim was the best money I have spent other than my planes . half the learning process is having the transmitter in your hands and getting used to what the stick inputs do and after you crash you hit the restart button instead of the rebuild table.