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Old 05-06-2005 | 02:26 PM
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Default Differential Thrust Planes

There is a question that has been bothering me for a while about the huge number of alleged "beginner" planes that work with two channels and have twin motors, relying on differential thrust for directional control and power level for pitch control. Can someone who has one tell me:

How do you control these to a safe landing when the flight battery runs out?

With a conventional design the ESC cuts power to the motor when the battery gets low, so your servos still have power to do a "dead stick" landing. In these planes there is no servo, no control at all without the motors, so what happens?