To answer all your questions. I don't care if I go gas or glow(I have a few spare weed eaters though...). I have flown tons of 3D electric planes from small flat foamies to 50" wingspan ones. They always seem to give me more problems than I bargained for... I used top quality gear such as Hitec servos, JR recievers, JLine and Spektrum radios, TP batteries, Electrifly speed controls, etc. The main problem I had was that the planes simply would not perform. I would always use the reccommended setup and look up reviews of the planes to see if they were trouble planes and they weren't... till I got one... My little electric planes also sucked when it came to wind handling, hardcore aerobatics, and withstanding a gentle landing(half the planes I had the gear would shear off when I landed. Never heard that in the reviews!). I practiced on the simulator(realflight g3/4) and I could fly amazingly with 10+mph wind. I could rolling harrier circle, hover for hours, high alpha knife edge, harrier and knife edge spin, flat spin, and even some 4D(It was on there, why the hell not? lol) But when I would try to fly my planes in real life, 5mph wind would make them super erratic(even after trimming) and impossible to 3D. I repeat I was using the reccommended setup for 3D. I built the planes well too. I take my time when building. I guess a small plane can never match the performance I have gotten from my bud's 40% yak. I love that thing!!