I did not teach my self, I did fly buy my self the first year without any instructions from anyone and I made many flights and never crashed the first year either.

So with that said, I did fly all on my own, but I was missing so much other information that is really needed until I did hook up with other flyers. So to say you can FLY by yourself is one thing and saying you are LEARNING is another thing. If you do not know what you are looking for then how will you know what you are looking for. An expericed flyer will help you in that field.