I haven't flown the Aresti.
There's a review of the Venus here on RCU Magazine by Marc Vigod, our fearless leader, at
http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...article_id=107 and I did a review on my own web site at
http://homepage.mac.com/mikejames/rc...us40arf01.html
You'll also find a lot of info on both of these in the "Pattern" forum.