ORIGINAL: nobodytwo
If money is an issue, electric power is not the most cost effective way to fly. Why? 1) Batteries are expensive 2) Planes are fragile 3) quality speed controls are expensive 4) Electric motors are not cheap and are fragile and 5) Many electric RTF's are not buddy box compatible. Learn on glow first then go to electric. The list could continue but no point....
Once one learns to fly a glow model, then electric is a viable choice. Just my opinion...
Happy Landings!
I'm glad you qualified this as just your opinion, since none of your post is based on any known facts, and if you take offense to this I am sorry, but it offers no help to the OP to try and bash electric.
Rob