Like my club....the guys are more than willing to share their knowledge and experience. There is a huge benefit to joinging a club if you have to. You'll learn things from the members you fly with as opposed to figuring it out yourself - after a crash or failure. Also learning through a club would be much cheaper than crashing and fixing your plane while trying to learn on your own. Its worth the time and few bucks it costs to join. Im glad I joined mine. Ive learned so much from the club & the great guys here at RCU. THis hobby can be frustrating at times when you have mishaps...but would be MUCH worse without having someone there that has already been through all of the issues to guide me. Makes it much easier. Good luck!