Thanks guys, I appreciate what all of you have said.<div></div><div>The Focus Sport sounds great as it's inexpensive and I can use all the parts from my Venus. It will also fit easily in my small car and apartment.</div><div></div><div>In relation to what Mike and tIANci have shared, I have bought and sold a handful of planes because I was not thrilled with the way they fly. I even have another I am considering dumping if the price is right.</div><div></div><div>I really liked pattern when I first started trying it. I thought I was starting to have less fun with it by practicing all the time, until I started trying some new, more advanced maneuvers this week. I've have had more fun in the past two days than I can remember. My flights are not the prettiest in the world but the past two days I was deeply satisfied with the way my plane tracked through some 'higher K' maneuvers. Most of it was luck but I'll take that. There is nothing like the grace of a pattern plane tracking perfectly straight verticals, flying through equal radius loops, and centering the spins in all the lines. I had one or two really good ones yesterday and I thinnk I'm going to feel good about that for at least a week.</div><div></div><div>Having 1.5 more years of school, spending thousands on a 2M ship is probably not reasonable except for a good bargain on a used plane. I know there's at least a fully loaded Patriot/OS engine floating around out there for a good price =) I'm (fortunately or unfortunately) spoiled by YS engines and would love to stick with them.

Edit: just want to point out that Idon't think the Venus is holding me back whatsoever, and Idon't know that Inotice any of its deficits; I'm just curious. Iremember very clearly the day Iwent from a low-wing sport plane to the Venus and was absolutely in awe. Ihave a feeling by upgrading I'd experience something similar?</div>