I have a saito .91 waiting for my venture as we speak.

Im at the point of covering and hinging. Im doing a crap job on the covering part, and i hate hinging...

The build was awesome though, i have built a 4-star, and now this venture, and there are 2 big differences.

1)Kit quality. Its not even a comparison. You dont have to break out the sandpaper until your ready to cover, the kit is already perfect! All pieces fit the first time without any trouble at all or modification.

2)Instructions. Having built both, i can see this clearly. Bruce put alot more time into the instructions than they did with the 4-star. There are multiple places in the construction of a 4-star where you have to work in a tight space that you built 3 or 4 steps previous. Bruce has put alot of thought into the order of building, and i found not one instance of wishing i had done a latter step before a former.

If you do get the venture, do yourself a favor and pick up the dual-aileron conversion and the wheel pants. Dual ailerons make controll better and give you options like flaperons...the the wheelpants...well...they're wheelpants...pretty!

No if i can just get around to picking up my rx and battery for the plane, a couple of servo extentions and finish covering this bad boy, it will be in the air


And to answer your question about the 4-stroke. The glow plug is in about the same place. I know saito "leans" the plug away from the prop (much like the evolution 2-stoke motors) which is nice cause you dont have to reach so close to the prop to get the glow-driver off. The carb is behind the engine, and upside down (at least in Saitos, dont know about the others). I like this, cause it makes flooding the carb impossible, because its upside down to excess full just drips out, and the fact that its behind the motor makes it less susceptable (totally spelled that wrong...i know) to debris getting in it...

and they sound better.