Howdy Nick how are ya. This was just my first year in RC and i have had a ball. I started just less than a year ago with a T-Hawk then a Space Scooter and then went to glow . I got into glow cheap when my friends Gramp passed away who was a memeber of my club and was into nothing but glow . I got a balsa trainer with flight box and tx with buddy box for only $150 . I learned to fly glow which I think is harder than electric . I then got a Duraplane trainer used for $25 with out engine or electronics I still have and fly better than the balsa trainer . I then got a computer radio which helped me fly much better because you can set rates lower . Anyway Nick you can spend every bit as much if not more on electric if you get into it with the brushless, lipos, and chargers and the electric is way more complicated . One of the big differences is when you crash with glow you do way more damage to the plane due to much faster speed and weight . That is why I got a Duraplane (flying gutter) I destroyed 2 fueselages cut another no problem and finally 2 months ago destroyed my original balsa trainer . I now have a Duraplane Aerobat kit waiting to be built (another indistructable plane) and after I have flown awhile this season I will put together and fly my first nice looking plane a 4* .60 ARF . I don't mind the mess and I also love the smell of nitro in the morning . Which ever way you go in this hobby it is a blast and addicting . Like I said even though I have flown glow at high speed with inverts, loops ,rolls and rolling take offs and landings I still just love even flying these little AA.