ORIGINAL: abufletcher
I admit that I still tend to think of ''electrics'' in terms of little whiny motors with shiny black plastic propellers held on with rubber bands. But the large motors with a hub that accommodate a large wooden propeller aren't QUITE as offensive.
And here I thought you liked glow motors because of all the authentic castor oil goo that covers the rigging at the end of a flight ! On a full scale rotary plane such as a Camel, the engine uses about a gallon of castor oil per hour. A gallon covers a lot of area when it's spewed out into the slipstream. You can wipe the plane down after every flight, but it's still a losing proposition for all the little nooks & crannies. The build-up on the plane after a while is just like on a model. Hopelessly icky.
Dick