ORIGINAL: corch
I'll continue to fly glow. At my local fields, that's about all anyone flies. IF I have an issue, I have experts who can help me. However, at a contest, I ran into a small issue (same Muncie contest in D4 that Atwood was talking about) and while many minds were willing to help, they no longer had the support equipment since all but 4 flew electric.
I did get in 7 practice flights last evening in about 3 hours time. I just love the gas and go turnaround time with glow.
I bet I could match you flight for flight with my electric aircraft.
I charge all my stuff (3 packs for 3 flights) before I go flying, and it's just a plug and go set up. Not unlike mixing fuel before you (for those that roll their own)