Wow, I didn't even think about battery access issues. That makes sense since no one removes their empty gas tank to replace with a full one
I'm not yet sure if I want my first nice plane (I fly an aerobird swift now, ick) to be so heavily modified. I wish more of the nice nitro styles I see came in an electric flavor. I don't have anything against gas / nitro. I just want something clean and easy to maintain. But then at least with liquid fuel I won't have to charge a stack of batteries every night, except for the one used to control the electronics. *sigh* so many choices! :-D

Thanks for the excellent input guys!

Brian