It's a coin toss on whatever direction you want to go "But But But But!!!!!!!" it will cost you about the same to get started in either area. Thing is , don't let the extremely low cost of some electric planes fool you. You may pay $50 for some electric thing but your going to spend a few hundred on everything you need to fly it. Battery chargers, batteries voltmeters, speed controls and the whole kabosh.

Now this is not bad per say, just realize what your doing here. Thing with electrics is you can darn near fly them anywhere without worrying about noise problems or needing improved runways. So that can be a plus. They also make good electric trainer planes. From what I have seen around here all these years, most electric flyers were/are glow flyers first.

I don't fly electric only because of the cost to switch over. Just don't feel like spending it but there are many nice electric planes of all styles.