Electric is not any harder to get going with. The learning curve is actually a bit easier once you choose the right components because it's just plug it in and turn it on. The only real drawback to electric is cost. You'll need at least 3 batteries to get in a decent day of flying along with a lipo charger and power supply. I haven't ever outfitted an electric that big, but I'd expect around $100 each for batteries and another $175-$200 for a charger and power supply that can put out the watts needed to do a 30 minute charge on those batteries. Add probably $150 more for the motor and speed control and you're over $600 invested in your power system. When you compare that to around $100 for a .60 glow engine and another $80-$100 for your starting equipment it takes a lot of gallons of glow fuel to break even, and that's assuming you don't have a battery to go bad before you get to that point.