This is probably not the place for this thread but seeing as I had my original rant about electric planes here I thought I would do a follow up.

A while ago I tried electric aircraft and was very disappointed. I purchased two, a mini ultra stik and a mini katana and all the expensive bits and pieces to make them fly. And fly they did but... the slightest of winds (well relative to what I fly my glow planes in anyway) knocked them all over the sky and they seemed to be made of nothing but covering and air. Every less-than-perfect landing would take the landing gear off and heaven help you if your young daughter accidentally put her schoolbag in the wrong place in the back of the car and crushed your wing.
I am just used to bigger, more solid, self built .46 size glow planes that fly well on all but very windy days, can take the abuse of being transported, are easy to maintain and cheap to fly. They just have a sense of permanence about them, my 4 Star now has over 300 flights and after a recovering job looks better than the day I finished building her.
But the electric thing would not go away, it sat in the back of my mind nagging that there must be something special about it. So much so that I decided the problem was not the power system but the smaller, relatively affordable electric aircraft I was flying.
And so I decided to bite the bullet and spent the money on electrifying the aircraft I do like to fly. My first project will be the Sig Mid Star I am currently building, a plane rated for a .40 size glow engine.
I bought a motor (E-Flite Power 46) and 60 amp ESC which where expensive but still less than a good 4 stroke so that was OK but then I ordered batteries and [:@] that hurt!!!
But its done and in a couple of weeks my new baby will be ready to fly, quiet and clean.
I hope it is going to meet my expectations or I will be furious with myself for not getting that OS .56 four stroke for it instead.

Ray

Ray ... you bought nice stuff and it should work out fine. Enjoy it.

Let us know how it goes I'm also looking into something electric, but don't have the financial resources at the moment and still can't make up my mind what too get. I was actually looking into a mini stick - the guy who maidened my Edge on Saturday had one there and he was flying this thing in wind and through it around in the air like crazy - it was a bit overpowered with the motor it had on (can't remember the size) - but I'll get that same setup then (if I do choose to go that route) since that motor just sliced through the wind.

Thanks tIANci, I have to finish building the plane, probably 2 weeks left, and then I am going to Mozambique for a holiday but I can't wait to see what happens when I get back.

I had the Mini Ultra Stik, Korps, and it was a big disappointment. It flew pretty well, all stiks do, but it was very flimsy and there is a limit to how well even a stik flies in the wind if its light enough.
Don't do what I did and waste your money on small stuff if you are used to flying bigger glow planes. Rather plan on electrifying something bigger. The motor and ESC aren't too bad, you are looking at about R2000.00 which is cheaper than some glow motors, so the only problem is the batteries. A 3300 mah 4 cell will set you back another R2000.00 and you will need at least two! On the bright side you don't have to buy fuel again for a few hundred flights.
If I were you I would look at something in the .25 glow range. Like a E-Flite Eratix 3D plane or a Ultra Stik 25e. These use Power 25 motors and fly very well.
A friend of mine flies the Eratix with a Power 25, 60 amp ESC and 2 X 2200 mah 3 cell batteries linked in parallel. Its is a fantastic aircraft, capable of more than we can do and it lands so gently you really have to try to mess it up. The batteries for this are only around R500.00 each and can be used separately to power smaller planes. I am really thinking about getting a 25e stik to play with!

If you guys want something nice to fly in EP that is also portable and will not need for you to sell your kidney, look at 45"-47" aerobatic planes from some of the leading brands. They are all about the same nowadays and they fly really well. Those 40" planes are not as stable.