like I mentioned leave the ego at the door. that includes picking up anything other than a trainer and think you can fly it. that is simply setting yourself up for failure.

I guess I wasn't clear on contacting the club. If you walk up to the feild with nothing then people there will most likley ignore you, thats the way it is, people wait all week to fly their stuff and are excited and focused on that.

By contacting the club I ment go to the ama site I linked before. Look up the club and contract by phone or e-mail the club and attend a meeting. there you can talk to people and get set up with a trainer(person) to help you fly you trainer(plane) it's free and more than likley the club has a trainer plane for to toy with, trainer cord attached of course for your first couple flights.

other wise your basic rc plane system is 4 channels, two sticks two channels per stick.
ailerons rudder elevator and throttle all on idependent channels