Yes it is electric. My goal was to have a turn key pattern airplane that would be competitive up through advanced class for less then $1,000. The motor is a Turnigy 64mm 235KV with a Turnigy 70A speed control. The batteries are Zippy 5S 5000 MAH. The complete power package was 240.00! So Far I am very pleased with the performance. Prior to the contest she had 6 flights on it and my caller and I had only flown through the advanced sequence once. The end result was a forth out of four but I was 340 points from the first place pilot. So with more practice and tuning I think we can give some guys a run for their money.