Well, I finally flew my new Venus II today! It's really a great airplane and I got many compliments at the field. I tried a few props and decided on a 17x6 APC. Seemed to slow it down noticeably vs the 15x8 I started with.

I hope Great Planes continues producing this plane, or something like it. It would be a shame if they really have stopped making it and don't replace it with something similar. I've sent my request in.