If you use a .25 equivalent electric motor with the proper batteries the performance should be no less than an equivalent glow, and it should be slightly better.

I was poo-pooing electric setups until I discovered the hard way that my batteries were not up to snuff and not holding voltage.

Changing out the batteries, testing the EP setup with a watt meter to get the correct draw & prop for my .25 equivalent motor, resulted in performance exceeding a .32 engine on a .25 model.

Did you ever test your original setup with a watt meter?

If so did the batteries hold voltage over time at full throttle?

What was the wattage draw?


Even at full throttle performance should not be so dramaticly different that opting for a glow engine would be better...

Not that I dislike glows at all...

But normally there is no need ( particularly for the smaller planes ) to go this far to get good performance.