Nick ... its not that cheap to go EP, purchase of batts are like buying fuel up front. Then when the batt goes bad, it sometimes does, you pour all the fuel down the drain. With the rising cot of fuel here and availability of decent really cheap batts from HobbyCity, I am more than happy to go EP. Like many I enjoy the fact there is no need to tune, no grime (I am lazy), no killer vibration. Generally, in EP you can configure for how you like it ... more thrust, more speed etc. You got different motor KV, you can play with battery configuration, assuming you are not talking about 2M planes.

p/s no dead stick. I seen that kill people in competitions.