I switched from glow to electric. Each has its advantages and disadvantages.

I prefer flying glow planes. I like the sound, I like engines, and I like consistent power from start to finish. I started getting in over my head a little too early (pumping a 1.20 two stroke, bad idea, and messing around with YS without any local YS support at my club). I ended up with frustrating 'dead sticks', which was especially annoying because I got into contest flying, and really wanted to be thinking about the airplane and not the engine.

The advantages (to me) of electric: I like that the system works when it works, and doesn't when it doesn't. There's no tuning, either you get great power or you get nothing. I like not having to change my clothes to fly my planes. I can fly in my work clothes, and spend less time cleaning and packing up. I like that electrics are quiet, which lets you fly earlier and/or later, and fly in places where there are noise restrictions.

Electric (I think) has a big learning curve. The power system is just that: a system. You need to pick the motor, the batteries, the prop, and the ESC all together, which requires more planning, and the use of online 'motor calc' tools. Electric is a larger expense up front; batteries are not cheap (there are cheap batteries, but no matter what anyone says, you get what you pay for - less power, less flights, more weight, whatever it is). You need a charger. If you want to charge at the field, you need power (electricity, a generator, extra batteries, or a 12V marine battery). If you fly different size planes, you need different size batteries. If you get enough batteries to fly your 60" plane for the day, then you get a 36" plane, you need all new batteries.

Glow fuel was expensive when I was in Vermont - $35-40/gallon. Here in Ohio, it's $18 or so. That was another reason I made the switch. If I were in Ohio, I might have stayed with glow.

If you get into BIG planes, then you will want to run GAS, which should be a natural progression from glow engines. Big electric planes use big, expensive batteries.

I LOVE watching the bigger YS-powered airplanes fly. They sound amazing, the smoke trail is cool, and they have gobs of power.