{"id":2752,"date":"2021-04-04T05:23:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T05:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=2752"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T08:15:14","slug":"simple-rc-plane-dual-motor-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=2752","title":{"rendered":"Simple RC sailplane (glider) dual motor architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Modern entry level RC sailplanes use a very simple architecture &#8211; there are no moving parts other than the two propellers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2974\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"872\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859.jpg 872w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859-300x184.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859-768x470.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859-675x413.jpg 675w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859-480x294.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We call this Differential Thrust.<\/p>\n<p>For starters there are less moving parts and therefore less complexity. Not bad for beginners. But definitely not the right kind for experts.<\/p>\n<p>The battery is 3.7V, either 300mah or 550mah. The plug is usually the standard small white connector (MX 2.0 2P Walkera plug \/ Molex plug).<\/p>\n<p>More technical information on this kind of plane is available in this ebook:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZmdFzqkxcY\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?page_id=4620\">2025 Two-ch RC Planes Practical Upgrade &#038; Maintenance<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c2025 Two-ch RC Planes Practical Upgrade &amp; Maintenance\u201d \u2014 \" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?page_id=4620&amp;embed=true#?secret=3f4sOTVAms#?secret=ZmdFzqkxcY\" data-secret=\"ZmdFzqkxcY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IPIhARF8Tjk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1pY-XEiVkd0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jbrji0YlUPc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern entry level RC sailplanes use a very simple architecture &#8211; there are no moving parts other than the two&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rc-videos","category-tech-tip-plane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8112,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions\/8112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}