I had bought the Multiplex Micro Jet and had it for several weeks before I started pricing out the rest of it. Then I gave it back to the LHS and got another WM -P-51. I think its the cost of the actual plane that can sucker you in. Those electric are cheap but the systems are not.
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Okay, lets go this direction. I have been flying my gas speed planes and all for a few years now. Last year I decided to get an electric just to keep in the truck and pull out and fly it in some off the wall place at the spur of the moment type thing-like at work or something. The cost of going or starting electric is darn near the same as going gas. When i added it all up, I blew it off and bought another plane!
I went through a similar exercise earlier this year. Came to the same conclusion and added a few more engines and kits to the fleet.
Your going to need a few battery sets, chargers, speed controllers... One other thing is that it is easier to go from gas to electric than electric to gas.
Don't forget micro servos, smaller receivers, etc...