Performance, and competition are all part of the differance between the two. I do beleive that he did ask about speed, so I figured he would want to know about other performance features as well. While at the S.E. electric fly in I heard shulman say that he was going to fly his electric in the F3A Nationals next season. This clearly shows that electrics can perform with glow engines in some areas. He did say he had a lot more in the electric than he did in his glow model. And I actually heard a prediciton the other day by some of the electric ppl that they think that within 3 years everything under 11lbs will be electric, and everything above that will be gassers. I dont think that will happen in 3 years time but electrics have made a huge advancement with the Li-ion packs. I am going to buy one of these packs for my new 33% sukhoi as soon as the loan officer approves [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

The differences between the two are pretty clear.

With electric there is no mess
There is no noise (which I think sucks)
There is no smell of glow exhaust comming out of a 4 stroker (which a heavenly smell)
YOu dont really have to worry about tunning on the engine (which is a major plus)
As of right now glow out performs electric on a dollar to dollar basis (this is expected b/c when compared with glow the technology is new)
A lot of ppl dont respect electric (which they should respect some models, but lets face it a park flyer is basically a toy)

There are a few more differences but I will let someone else go into that right now b/c I am on the phone [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]