ORIGINAL: Kavik Kang
ORIGINAL: opjose
ORIGINAL: Missileman
The main difference is you are buying your fuel up front.
That's really what it all boils down to, isn't it?
Sometimes the aversion to "toy" electric flyers is taken to be a denouncement of EP's in general, but the two are not the same.
I've seen this said a few times, and I am confused by it. I must be missing something. If you have an electric plane and a battery, and you fly until it is empty... then you have to charge the battery. This takes several hours, right? With a glow plane, you would simply fill the fuel tank and go right back up. There seems too me to be a huge difference. Electric you make one flight and wait a few hours for the battery to re-charge... Glow you fill the tank and are back up in under 10 minutes if you want too be. What am I missing? Do people who use electric planes have 5 batteries for their plane, or something?
This quote was taken out of context. It was addressing the cost difference only. Yes there are other differences.
2 batteries and a good charger and I can get as many flights as I do with glow. Mainly because I don't make back to back flights. I fly, chat with club members while others fly, then fly again. 2 flights an hour is about average for me with glow or electric.