You never know 'till you fly it is right. When I started this hobby I thought pattern planes looked stupid, and wondered why someone would actually choose to fly such an odd looking plane.

I thought scale, high-wing planes looked really sharp. I flew one, then thought what I wanted was a scale, low wing, aerobatic plane.

In the end, nothing flies like a pattern plane, and to me that style of plane is an absolute joy to fly. I like flying my Yak; it looks great and sounds great, and flies pretty good, too. The more I fly it, the more I want to fly my Venus, and the more I fly my Venus the more I want a full-size (2 meter) pattern ship.