This is a topic that has come up many, many times and doubtless will continue to do so.

I don't think there is any "better", let alone "best". This is after all a hobby, and thus one should use whatever one finds more satisfying.

Personally I enjoy internal combustion engines. I enjoy restoring old cars and motorcycles as well as I enjoy model airplane engines. I enjoy taking an old junker of a model engine and making it into a fine performer. I get a good deal of entertainment from running the old ignition model engines from the 1930s and 40s. As far as electrics, I enjoy the breeze from the electric fan in my shop, but find an electric powered model as entertaining as an electric toothbrush.

For those who enjoy flying but who lack either interest in or aptitude for things mechanical the electrics clearly have a higher "instant gratification" factor as well as obvious advantages for those who view wiping off a model with fear and loathing.

What some find fascinating others find fustrating. What some find entertaining others find boring. If we were all the same we would all be bored.

jess

jess