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Old 03-20-2007 | 02:00 PM
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Default RE: Remind me why do we fly glow planes, compare to electric planes,

I don't know if this will serve as a reminder but generally I fly nitro/gas on the weekend, electric during the week in between work (the park is 5 minutes away). I also will fly electrics on the weekend if I'm feeling lazy. My choices are based on cost, I seem to have 3 ranges,

1) Anything smaller than a .40 sized nitro is electric. I might go bigger as cost of lipos go down. I have about $700 in batteries, which at say $15/gallon is about 46 gallons of glow fuel. I don't know if one can say electics are cheaper.
2) 40 to 120 sized birds are nitro powered. Love the sound, power, etc.
3) Anything above 120 gets gas, since I would tend to go through a gallon or more of glow fuel in this range. Little or no mess and good stability.

I find it hard for me to limit myself to either side.