well, i dont want to just plug and play, or i would be in electrics. as far as tinkering, i understand that you have to maintain them to keep things working, but i just dont want to deal with having to change or replace things on a regular basis, just to go fly, but i have no problem replacing stuff to get better performance or to improve the flight characteristics of a plane.
on my first plane, i bought a nice little engine that was priced right and was supposed to be "good", but did nothing but give me constant headaches everytime i went flying. i had an average of one deadstick per flight, wich was good practice for me, but not acceptable.
i just want reliability....