No reason you can't enjoy both. </p>

I now fly pretty much exclusively electrics, but flew Nitro powered planes in the past. I love both, both have their pluses and minuses. </p>

Electrics are quiet, linear power output, reliable, and the torque is instant. But charging downtime is a bummer, and good chargers are expensive. The old arguement that batteries and motors are too expensive is slowly becoming a thing of the past. I fly a 63" Extra 330L 3D plane with an E-flite power 60, I run 2 LiPo's in series, 2650ma 3s1p packs. The motor was $129.00, the batteries (Zippy's through Hobby King) were $22.50 ea + shipping, not too bad. I won't run the el cheapo Turnigy motors, but the Zippy batteries seem to be holding up very well so far. My plane runs at just over 100 watts/lb, which is plenty for me.</p>

Nitro/gas planes sound cool, Nitro exhaust smells so good (reminds me of being at the dragstrip), You can get some outrageous powerplants.</p>

Downside- cleaning the planes off after every trip to the airfield, carrying around gallons of fuel, tuning, burned out glow/spark plugs, vibrations to the airframe, hot exhaust. </p>

When it all comes down to it, flying beats not flying, however you choose to do it. Enjoy one or the other, or both, just FLY! </p>

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