RE: Groovy 50 or venus 40?
Murdoc, I have the Tojeiro-50 now about three months, so I haven't flown a lot with it (about 50 flights sofar). Flying is good, and sofar no big issues. I have learned the hard way this season that also ARF's need attention when building.
1. before flying, I strengthened with epoxy the wing mount area (in which the bolts screw which hold the wing). I learned later that somebody lost a Tojo-50 due to this (the wing parted from the fuse)
2. I strengthened the fire wall and landing gear area with epoxy
3. Later, to lower the tank, I lowered the LG-mounting plate. This was first a disaster (broke loose three times), so I then installed a LG-mounting plate myself, which runs from firewall to the plate in which the wing fixes itself
4. I used screws to pin all hinges (almost lost the plane on a loose aileron)
5. I use the pieces of cut fuel line to make sure the quicklinks stay closed (I lost a Groove on this earlier this season --> quicklink opened, no more elevator control -> crash
So, build quality is OK, and I am especially happy with the covering of Oracover.
So now, I am happy with the Tojeiro!
photo 1,2, 4: lower gear. photo #3 install of batteries (to compensate for 4-stroke weight), also shows strenghtened wing mount area with epoxy