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This trainer is one of the best bargains in the hobby in my opinion. It's what I learned to fly on 14 years ago, and I still have it today!!!!
Your best source of info and instruction is going to be the instructor at the club you go to. He'll be the one that will move you from a beginner into a pilot with a sucessfull solo flight under your belt. Anything we can tell you here, or that you can read on any sight, it going to be dwarfed by what your instructor will do for you. That doesn't mean RCU isn't a good resource, it just means that your intsructor will be able to do more for you than we can here simply because he is there with you and can give you first hand help.
Ken