Drew:

I built a Bruce Tharp Venture 60 for my second plane after my Arrow (which now flies better after multiple encounters with dirt!) than it did out of the H9 box. Must be the solid epoxy front end...

The V60 is sort of a second generation Sig 4*60, and it's very easy to fly. Bruce designed it to do low speed aerobatics, but it will float around the sky if that's all you want to do. Very stable, but still has decent roll rates. It's a tail dragger, but hasn't presented any bad characteristics in takeoff or landing. It's bigger than the Arrow, but it'll do just about anything short of all-out 3D manouvers that you can dream up.

As for building the kit, it's very straight forward, and Bruce's instructions are clear. Very high quality plywood and balsa are included, and I don't remember having to buy anything extra for the kit other than the fuel tank and wheels. I did go with the dual aileron set up just in case I wanted to play with flaperons, but it's not necessary. The kit's more expensive than a Sig 4*, but Bruce's operation is a small one-man shop, so he doesn't have the economies of scale that Sig or H9 do.

Fred