[Dennis]

Have you tried these tutorial pages yet? I'd get started here before moving on to people:

http://www.ac3d.org/ac3d/tutorials/
http://www.snickwerks.netfirms.com/Elric/AC3D_Wing.htm
http://www.ac3d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1457
http://supercoldmilk.com/ac3dtut/index.html
http://wine.techlab.info/AC3D_Tutorials/ (hefty download sizes)

Good luck,
Dennis