ELCTRIC /IC DEBATE

Diesel is a learned skill, I have several and I always have endless trouble starting them, it was the same as a youngster. I like Glow (sometimes referred to as Nitro) easy to start and the fuel is easy to make and transport unless you want an exotic mix. I also like Electric now that the problems of weight and flight time have been sorted out. Battery charging remains a problem as does using Lipo batteries in low temperatures, (the batteries give their best at 35^oC). Electric is perfect if you just want to nip out for an hour. For me I/C tends to be a whole morning or afternoon thing.

Low Temperatures, Klippy? In Souh Africa?
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For a day's electric flying, just take a bag of batteries, or, if you don't have too far to go between car and pits, a car battery and a field charger - but that means waiting an hour between flights, if you only have one flight battery. (Mine can charge four smaller capacity batteries - up to about 2000Mah - at once)
Yes, you can charge the flight battery faster, if the field charger is up to it on 12v, but that shortens the useful life of both the batteries.
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I can't say how lipo's will behave in a Norway winter (minus 25c a few days ago!) because I've never been, but for a UK winter, knock off about 25% of the flight time, that's about right - for a 0c temp.
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But then, it's not battery endurance that matters, it is Human endurance, taking wind-chill into account!

I say the same to the 'carby fiddlers' - how often do you reset the jets and needles on your car?
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Lipo's - blame Elon Musk et al for that!

I have a Thunder Tiger 40 that would go nicely but always cut when on finals. I always test engines in the model, it's the only way, after weeks I noticed that an air bubble was forming in the fuel feed pipe at the carburettor, just before it decided to quit. The needle has a tiny 'O' ring, I ordered a new needle (from Germany, would you believe) new needle fitted end of problem! If you're constantly having to fiddle you have a fueling problem and any amount of fiddling is never going to fix it.