I've seen it too many times, someone "gets" into the hobby, buys enough planes & stuff to stock a small hobby store, crashes and gives up. I taught myself to fly, I didn't think it was too hard, but I did learn progressively 3ch then 4ch then glow then bigger planes. it took time and there were crashes. I may not of gotten discouraged because at the time RC was a backup hobby. the better I became the more interested I got in it, now it pretty much dominates all free time and money