ORIGINAL: k3 valley flyer
I have both and they each have their issues. However, gas will have more vibration issues and require higher cost electronics, PCM receiver and metal gear servos etc. If you can stand the cost of the fuel glow is hard to beat, if you solve the RF and vibration issues gas is very economical. Glow fuel may be a little safer to handle and transport than gas. Both have their place, but even at the current prices I think glow is along way from dead.
How did we ever fly our gassers before we had PCM??? We set up the planes so our RXs didn't pick up the RF. Today I have three gassers in my fleet flying and only one of them is PCM, the other two are PPM. There are rules to follow when setting up anything and gassers have a couple you should never break, other then these little rules there isn't much difference in setting up a plane for gas or glow. Same equipment, servos and gear.