Balto

There are many electric slow flyers that meet your criteria. Tigermoth, Slow Stick, Merlin... Many others.

The biggest thing you should know about electrics vs. glow is that about the only thing they have in common (equipment wise) is the radio.

I started out with a Merlin and moved to a glow trainer. I spent about the same amount on both planes. I think there are advantages and disadvantages to either type of plane.

The biggest disadvantage of the slow flyers (and remember, there are many electrics that are fast, aerobatic, etc.) is that they get boring fairly quickly. The biggest advantages are that you CAN teach yourself to fly them, and you don't have to go to a flying field. My daughter and I still take the Merlin over to the local middle school every so often.

That's not to say that glow planes are not fun. A properly set up LT-40 (like mine) flies pretty slow and with a few lessons you can probably be good enough to takeoff and land by yourself. Also, I've found flying at the club with a group of guys to (often) be more fun than being alone at the middle school.

All that being said, if you want to get the same zealousness with regard to electrics that you see here with glow, try:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/forum...?s=&forumid=11

But please, please don't forget RC Universe. Its definately got a large and helpful following.

GB