Venus flies better than the Aresti. TaiJi is a great flyer, but not cheap. Cermark Javelin on special at $150 is good value. Creek Quest worth a look if you want to spend $250. But Venus is probably the best flying modestly priced pattern plane on the market. YS 63 is a great investment, like Greg says--if not the only way to go, certainly one great way to go. You would not go wrong with any of these four (Venus, TaiJi, Javelin, Quest) imho.