My statement does have qualifications. You can slap a big brushless and a pile of LiPolys in a .40-size trainer and have the same kind of performance and duration. The problem is, you end up with $1000+ in your first plane. What the industry doesn't have right now is an electric that matches duration and performance while being competitive with glow trainer setups price-wise. Tiger Moths and Slow Sticks are great first planes, but they're limited in what they can teach you. A .40-size glow trainer can teach you ROG takeoffs, landings, basic flight, coordinated turns, windy-day flying, AND they can do most aerobatics. You simply get more "bang" for your buck from a larger bird with all the controls and the power to get up and move.

So what's the skinny on this trainer? If they've figured out a configuration that gives you the same kind of performance and duration without spending much more than what a new glow setup costs, AND is a simple bolt-on conversion, enquiring minds want to know. We probably should start a new thread, though.