If you just want to play around to see if you "might" like this hobby then go electric. When you find out how slow and underpowered the electrics are (unless you upgrade big time with lots of cash) and decide you might want a plane with full control and 4 channels that you can easily take off from a grass field you will have to go with glow. Then you will be spending the same money all over again instead of being able to move on to a "2nd type" sport plane.