Well although I like electrics too. The allure of glow engines or gasoline engines still draws me back to them. Having the ability to adjust a internal combustion engine and have it fly a plane nicely still makes me feel good. Plus sometimes you just miss that aroma of castor oil wafting by from the engine that is running that just helps make it a great day.
I started flying electrics way back in 1978 when you had to use resistors and car 550 motors etc. Car 6 and 7 cell sub-C nicads were it at the time. So I have been pretty amazed at the progress for them. it was in 1980 that I flew a hotliner that used 36 nicads in series and a scary big German made motor with a folding prop on it. The hotliners of today are much smaller and weigh a lot less too.
But electrics have come a long way though and they will continue to make advancements with electrics too.
Last edited by earlwb; 06-25-2014 at 02:05 PM.