I fly electric, used a super beefed up slow stick. Have a himax brushless on it, 2000 Mah Lipos, Castle 25, Have the wing carbon fiber reinforced top and bottom. Also have the tail feathers reinforced. I fly glow and gas also, would NEVER fly glow or gas in that confined an area, the planes are too heavy. A slow sick outfitted for AP like mine weighs about 24 ounces. Getting hit by a errantly thrown baseball by the neighborhood kids would hurt worse. Here's some pics of the plane and some pics I took with it recently. I am about to start my own A/P biz, just need to pic up a few more parts and a little more testing and practice and by spring I'll be ready. Just started putting together my website also. Here's the bare bones so far.
Http://showflyer.tripod.com/aerial