gas seems to be quicker, has more power generally, and foir the most part require a lot of room. the electrics are good though. you can get performers to little backyard flyers. the little backyard flyers will fly as fast as you can run. the performers are comprable to the better gas planes, but generally don't allow you to go to larger models the way that gas planes do. electrics have a habbit of being cheaper, but personally, i prefer gas planes.