Has anybody got the new Great Planes Venus II yet?

It's their 120 (ish) sized version of the Venus 40, and if it's half as good as that one, it should be really good.

-David C.

David, I have had one for a few weeks now (but with work and all I haven't had much of a chance to finish putting it together). Very nice kit, like most of the latest GP offerings seem to be-- even includes a pilot and aluminum spinner! Looks like I can keep mine under 8lbs with a YS 91FZ in the front. Size seems to be very similar to the Excelleron 90.

There is a thread in the Pattern forum although I haven't read where anybody else that has flown one yet. Mine should be ready in a few weeks.

Thanks Robert.

You know how there's always a plane in your collection that always seems to be ready to fly, and flying it is like flying a good friend? Well, that's my Venus with a OS 61FX in it. It has no bad habits, either mechanically or in flight and I must have way over 200 flight on it now.

That's why I'm looking at the Venus II. I have a YS110 without a home at the moment and that seems to me to be a good match. Your YS91 would also be perfect, I think.

Good luck with yours. Please tell me if there are any snags you come up against.

I reckon I will order one today anyway!

Thanks again

-David C.

I also really like the Venus-- the original was the first ARF that I ever assembled. Plus, while I certainly like scale aerobats, I don't think that there are enough pattern planes "for the rest of us."

Like you, I had the .91 doing nothing-- and it really pulled the UCanDo that I recently sold like a freight-train! I have mounted the engine in a way that allows the stock muffler to point out the bottom of the plane but does not require the cylinder to stick (much) through the cowl. I wanted to be able to remove the cowl without taking off the muffler (or valve-cover!) everytime. I'll post some pictures when it's ready in a few days...

So far, no major complaints about the kit. Looks like it will be possible to mount the (stock) tank on the CG with just minor modification (although I wish they had made this easy for those of us using pumped engines). Ailerons use 2-56 hardware while the rudder/elevator use 4-40 (not sure why... ailerons are bigger than either rudder or elevator!). Servos are easy to mount but they don't add to the clean lines of the plane (i.e. draggy!). That's about it... really minor things...

Looking forward to flying it soon!