Well thi smay have been said above (I haven`t had time to read all the posts) but if not, the cost of electrics is deceptive.

I looked at the two for a seaplane I`m building, and the total cost for two motors, ESC`s, and batteries was over US$1200, almost 700 of that for the batteries alone. It`s a twin, and heavy.

The manufactuers say that the life of LiPo`s is currently 100-200 cycles, so go up the middle and say 150 if everything goes well, and that`s over 4 bucks per cycle or flight. I always think that the manufacturers are a little optimistic, so if the worst case scenario is 100 cycles, that`s 7 bucks a flight and that`s excessive to me.

Sure electric motors have a loooong life, but they`re just as susceptible to damage in a crash, and if the cost over and above fuel and glo plugs goes toward glo engine maintenance, then it`s no contest to my way of thinking.