Questions for your questions...
Is this your first RC or drone? If so, you are in a similar situation as me, back in September. Had just started exploring the
possibilities of the drone world, and the H is becoming a good solid platform... but there is an investment in there. As well
as potential risk to people around you.
You should consider doing the following:
1) Despite your excitement at getting the H, do not fly it yet. Go out and spend $50-60 on a nano size quad copter
at any local hobby store. Consider it a training drone, that is small enough that you can fly around a room in your
house or apartment. You will get time in using the controller and getting used to the stick movements that you
can apply to flying your H at a later time. The nano quad can be flown around indoors and you can bump it into
walls or the ceiling without risking damage to a $1200+ drone. I spent my first month, before even ordering the
Typhoon, buzzing the nano around my apartment.
2) Spend $30 on the Yuneec Simulator. The program can be downloaded for free from Yuneec, but to use it
on your PC, you need to purchase the wireless USB dongle that connects the program on your PC, to the
ST16 controller. Using that simulator will give you some time using the ST16 controller that you will use with
your Typhoon... but again without risking the H. It is very effective in acting as a transition between the nano
drone and the H. You can practice (and crash) the simulator all you want, without risking your H. It's also great
to use to get some flight practice in when weather conditions preclude flying the Typhoon at all.
3) If you can find a local drone flying club, go out with other flyers... despite differences in features and brands,
the principles of flying will be the same. For me personally, this has been the hardest in my area and has slowed
my own learning.
4) Keep reading these boards... there's a wealth of information here, with many members willing to help.