ORIGINAL: Lifer
For me, a big factor was the cleanup at the end of the day. My planes are stored in my home, and oil covered planes make a large mess. As the cost of glow fuel went from $3 a gallon when I was a kid to the $20-plus it is today, the change made even more sense. I have a couple of electrics, but they lack duration and just don't sound right.
You really know how to hit below the belt on electric.
I still have a regular job and work overtime so my free time is very limited.The smaller EPO foam planes are so very easy to fix and being small you can just pull them out the car and fly them. I do have one balsa plane on electric (Mini Pulse) and really like the way it flies. Once a person goes so big on airframe size, the electronics and batteries get very expensive. Personally, I think gas is the way I will go on larger models. The NV<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.390625px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">GX 40RC gas</span><span style="line-height: 20.390625px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">@</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; background-color: rgb(251, 252, 255);">less than 11oz w/o muffler</span>is an interesting engine in that it does not have an ignition module and all the extra weight, it will open doors for smaller airframes on gas. As I understand it,NV is now working on a 10cc size as well. I can get a 40 size plane in and out the car much easier so that is why I am looking at 40 size gas plane as my first gas powered plane. The new Sig 4-Star 54 is sure looking sweet.
Links to the two items I mentioned in case anyone wants to take a look at them. I have no business association with these two, I just have a personal interest in both.
NV<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.390625px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">GX 40RC</span>
Sig 4-Star 54
Dave
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