{"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":"https:\/\/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=\"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859.jpg 872w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859-675x413.jpg 675w, https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_20210411_110859-480x294.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(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=\"Be2N6uHc3l\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?page_id=4620\">2025 Two-ch RC Planes Practical Upgrade &#038; Maintenance<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;2025 Two-ch RC Planes Practical Upgrade &#038; Maintenance&#8221; &#8212; RCPRESS\" src=\"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/?page_id=4620&#038;embed=true#?secret=eTnvfDVvML#?secret=Be2N6uHc3l\" data-secret=\"Be2N6uHc3l\" 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 propellers. We call this Differential Thrust. For starters there are less moving parts and therefore less complexity. Not bad for beginners. But definitely not the right kind for experts. The battery is 3.7V, either 300mah [&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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8112,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions\/8112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcpress.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}