ORIGINAL: Hypersprint
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
None taken, however reading your other posts leads me to believe you seem to enjoy baiting other members.
So you can take this to the bank:
A NexStar Ready To Fly cost is $379 + $100 for field equipment, for a total of $479 NexStar EP: cost is $400 + Hobbico Batt/Chgr Pack w/9.6V NiMH (2) & Chgr for $145 +90 (second set of batteries so you can fly twice). Total is $635 (non lipo).
The super cub is a foam job, as you mentioned parts are expensive, duh, and when was the last time you buddy boxed someone on one of "those" radios?
One hard landing on the nose takes care of most electric motors (gear box or shaft) and if the beginner doesn't kill the throttle before they hit it's another $85 for a speed control replacement.
You obviously have never trained anyone to land or even to fly, if you had you would know that beginner planes take a beating and that's a fact!
So here's the bottom line: Now no offense...check your own facts before you challenge someone else.