Miamizfinest, guys have already told you the best ideas for learning to fly.
1. Find an experienced pilot in your area to assist you. If you let someone experienced test fly your plane they will know in one flight whether you've set it up right or it needs tweaking. This is a plane, not a car. It needs to be dialed in correctly or it will not fly well in anybody's hands...especially someone who has never flown.

2. Buy a sim. This works good but is still not the best substitute for the real world. It trains you're reflexes but does not instill the best judgment for over all success.
free one here: http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html version 8.5

3. Crash over and over till you might actually be able to keep it in the air longer than 10 seconds $$$$