G2 helped me a lot (and I'm still learning the basics), but your greatest resource may be this very forum! Every question you could evey have, someone has had before. I use the search button for hours. I also read everything I can get my hands on that relates to beginning in RC. So between G2, just one session with a trainer at my local RC club, and plenty of reading, I was able to do it on my own. Then practice, practice.
Good luck!