ORIGINAL: dirtybird
By the grace of A123 we now have a third option in the 25 to 50cc size range at a reasonable price.
Just think - no fingers in the prop, no starter,glow igniter or ignition battery to charge. No fluids to fool with and NO NOISE to get your flying field closed.
And then the only thing to wipe off your airplane is dust.
I flew large electrics for a while and enjoyed for a while, Set up a couple large planes, 80" Extra and 96" Rearwind Speeder.
Even with the A123 there still is a heavy cost to set them up, With some of the good lower cost Gas engines out there now you can set up a 30% plane power system for about what you would pay for one set of batteries.
Milton