RE: The Ultimate question - when does it make sense to go gas from glow???
My larger planes 120 size and up are gas an now with the new gas engines I'm starting to convert the 50-90 size . I'm currently running an EVO 10GX 10cc and it has as much power as it's glow equivalent and I can run 30+ minutes on 8 ounces.
I am still going to keep a few of the smaller glow 4-strokes in service but for the most part what isn't already electric will be gas....eventually.