I'd like to clear things up a bit....bigger is better...for the most part.......the heavier the airplane the less the wind and turbulence bothers you, bigger airplanes usually means gas powered......2 1/2 gallons of fuel using Redline oil mixed 40:1 costs around 11 bucks...verus 19 to 25 for a gallon of glow fuel. I don't fly my gassers any further away than I do glow.....on the up wind side......the downwind side is further away but it doesn't have to be........I don't need a glow stick or a starter.....
Downside to bigger is more gear in the airplane...more money.....bigger means you need a bigger runway........most clubs fields can handle a gassser...so it not an airplane for a ball park somewhere.......and then you need a truck, van, or trailer for transport......
When I first started flying I never thought I'd be flying a gasser... but here I am.....
Like everyone else I keep a glow trainer when I just want to be lazy and work on touch and go's
Good flyin and have fun