"Field equipment" can be as basic as a cardboard box with a starter battery for glow plug, hand pump and fuel. This can be none for next to nothing, from there you can go up into the hundreds as you get fancy and fill it up. Again, as a young beginner in training, you will be able to borrow a lot of this at the field for a while, until you see what you like/need/want. This will allow you to gradually add to your kit. Have someone at the field show you his "field box" and those of a couple of the other guys, you will quickly get the idea. Some just carry the basics to the field and a few could overhaul the space shuttle in about an hour out of theirs. While electric may appear to initially cheaper, I feel you will be happier if you can get into Nitro immediately. If your club has an auction, that may be a good bargain source also. Welcome to a great addiction, and legal too.

Bruce