{"id":6622,"date":"2025-03-16T21:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T21:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=6622"},"modified":"2025-06-01T07:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T07:18:13","slug":"which-handthrown-foam-glider-is-better-for-rc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?p=6622","title":{"rendered":"Which handthrown foam glider is better for RC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The picture shows a Lidl style glider VS a fighter jet glider. Both were modified from hand thrown to RC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.33.04-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6623\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.33.04-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.33.04-rotated.jpeg 1280w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.33.04-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.33.04-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.33.04-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.33.04-150x113.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.33.04-200x150.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, which one is better for RC modification, assuming differential thrust will be used?<\/p>\n<p>My answer is\u00a0 the fighter jet. It is solid, easy to modify, and can fly even with just TWO 720 motors and 64mm props. And the result is consistent &#8211; it always works as expected!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RCPRESS vid fighter jet glider RC conversion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zFZNhHN6YLU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Lidl style glider, in contrast, is tricky on a plane by plane basis &#8211; there is no consistent results &#8211; sometimes it works on one but sometimes it won&#8217;t fly on another at all.\u00a0 With just TWO 720 motors and 64mm prop it may not have enough thrust and speed to fly. If you change the horizontal stablizer mounting position to the upper one it may climb too much. There is just no sure fire way to get it to work unless you upscale to 4 motors, <strong>OR change to the stronger 8520 motor and 70mm prop.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.46.31.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6624\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.46.31.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.46.31.jpeg 960w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.46.31-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.46.31-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-16-at-16.46.31-113x150.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The famous Lidl Glider is LARGE &#8211; Wingspan is 86cm! And is heavy too! You will need 2S minimum to fly it (the red one shown below):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-01-at-08.17.31.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6944\" src=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-01-at-08.17.31.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-01-at-08.17.31.jpeg 960w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-01-at-08.17.31-225x300.jpeg 225w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-01-at-08.17.31-768x1024.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-01-at-08.17.31-113x150.jpeg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The picture shows a Lidl style glider VS a fighter jet glider. Both were modified from hand thrown to RC. So, which one is better for RC modification, assuming differential thrust will be used? My answer is\u00a0 the fighter jet. It is solid, easy to modify, and can fly even with just TWO 720 motors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6622"}],"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=6622"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6945,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6622\/revisions\/6945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}