Here are a couple of pics of my 2 year old Venus II, and my buddy's Venus .40. It was maiden flight day for the small one. This is not earthshaking stuff, but I think that they are just cool.

The Venus II has an O.S. .120 FS, and a Futaba 7C radio. It has many happy hours on it and has been a solid rig for me. The Venus .40 has an O.S. .55 AX and a Futaba 6 channel radio. The maiden and later flights have been great, and the owner is very happy with his new airplane. He flew pattern back in the late 80's and early 90's.

Both airplanes are set up very closely and fly and handle quite similarly. Hard to believe that GP has ceased production of the .40 size version. I guess the market is in the latest flip-flop electric 3-D thing. Whatever.

-Robert