Welcome to the dark side. I too am a LONG time glow person. Yet I find the ease of e flight so much fun. I plug in a battery, toss, fly, land, no clean up.
If you have a small plane ready to go, when you get a nice day here and there, you can do some front yard flying.
http://www.nitroplanes.com/02a-011-spirit-epp-kit.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT4T9qh4hLQ
http://www.nitroplanes.com/02a-012-a...epron-kit.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1h2m0SWEtQ
http://www.nitroplanes.com/02a-006-4...green-kit.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj9P4Cx46tk
Always time for a flight.
Buzz.