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Saw a message by a forum member, and realized that not everyone knows all the RC lingo. I'll start with a few cut and pastes of common stuff and please add on with anything not listed.
RC - Radio Control
RTR - Ready To Run
ARR – Almost Ready to Run
Kit - A term used in RC vehicles meaning that it’s a ‘build yourself’ kit
BND – Bind N Drive - a term used in RC vehicles meaning that only a transmitter is needed to use the vehicle.
SCT – Short Course Truck
ST – Stadium Truck
MT – Monster Truck
Truggy – These vehicles generally have a very wide track width (which is the distance between the centre of the left and right wheels), large wide wheels and a low ground clearance making them very stable and easy to drive.
Rock Crawler – This is a type of vehicle that specialises in overcoming harsh and difficult terrain.
Scale – eg. 1/5, 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 etc.
2.4GHz - A specific frequency band. Radio systems that use 2.4GHz have very little interference and have very little chance of glitches and generally, have small antennas compared to the older MHz radio systems
CH – Channel, refers to how many “controls” or “signals” the device is capable of
Trim – A small constant offset applied to a control/channel
D/R – Dual Rate is typically adjusted by a dial on your transmitter but sometimes on a switch that can control the amount (more or less) of total movement/travel of your servo on that channel.
EPA – End Point Adjustments
Bind – Binding is a process of “pairing” a transmitter to a receiver.
ST – Steering
TH – Throttle
REV – Reverse
NOR – Normal
TX – Transmitter
RX – Receiver
PWR – Power
BND – Bind (Refer to Bind)
ESC - Electronic Speed Control Brushless – Design/technology of an electric motor where brushes are not used
Brushed – Design/technology of electric motor where brushes are used
LiPo - Lithium Polymer or more correctly Lithium Ion Polymer, a type of battery chemistry
NiMH - Nickel Metal Hydride, a type of battery chemistry
NiCd - Nickel Cadmium, a type of battery chemistry
V – Voltage
A – Ampere often shortened to ‘amp’.
mA – Milliampere – a milliampere (mA) is 1000th of an ampere (A)
mAh – Milliampere-hour – A milliampere-hour (mAh) is 1000th of an ampere-hour ( Ah ).
C – Capacity, when displayed on a battery, the C rating indicates how quickly a battery can be charged or discharged without causing permanent damage to the battery.
S - Series, this letter when displayed on a battery (which is always preceded by a number) indicates how many cells are wired in a series configuration.
BEC – Battery Eliminator Circuit
Servo – This is an electronic device that converts an electronic signal into physical motion.
KV – a term used to indicate how many thousand revolutions per minute (K) an electric motor will complete per volt (V) without a load in a perfect world (the real world figures will always be lower than the rated KV due to many real world factors). KV has sometimes used analogously with turns
Turns – How many times the wire is wrapped around the armature inside an electrical motor
LHS – Local Hobby Store
RPM – Revolutions per minute.
CA – Cyanoacrylate. This is a type of fast drying superglue
WOT = wide open throttle
FPV - First Person View
CG or COG - This is Center of gravity.
Tire Sauce - a mixture of chemicals or other additive used on tires to improve grip.
RC - Radio Control
RTR - Ready To Run
ARR – Almost Ready to Run
Kit - A term used in RC vehicles meaning that it’s a ‘build yourself’ kit
BND – Bind N Drive - a term used in RC vehicles meaning that only a transmitter is needed to use the vehicle.
SCT – Short Course Truck
ST – Stadium Truck
MT – Monster Truck
Truggy – These vehicles generally have a very wide track width (which is the distance between the centre of the left and right wheels), large wide wheels and a low ground clearance making them very stable and easy to drive.
Rock Crawler – This is a type of vehicle that specialises in overcoming harsh and difficult terrain.
Scale – eg. 1/5, 1/8, 1/10, 1/16 etc.
2.4GHz - A specific frequency band. Radio systems that use 2.4GHz have very little interference and have very little chance of glitches and generally, have small antennas compared to the older MHz radio systems
CH – Channel, refers to how many “controls” or “signals” the device is capable of
Trim – A small constant offset applied to a control/channel
D/R – Dual Rate is typically adjusted by a dial on your transmitter but sometimes on a switch that can control the amount (more or less) of total movement/travel of your servo on that channel.
EPA – End Point Adjustments
Bind – Binding is a process of “pairing” a transmitter to a receiver.
ST – Steering
TH – Throttle
REV – Reverse
NOR – Normal
TX – Transmitter
RX – Receiver
PWR – Power
BND – Bind (Refer to Bind)
ESC - Electronic Speed Control Brushless – Design/technology of an electric motor where brushes are not used
Brushed – Design/technology of electric motor where brushes are used
LiPo - Lithium Polymer or more correctly Lithium Ion Polymer, a type of battery chemistry
NiMH - Nickel Metal Hydride, a type of battery chemistry
NiCd - Nickel Cadmium, a type of battery chemistry
V – Voltage
A – Ampere often shortened to ‘amp’.
mA – Milliampere – a milliampere (mA) is 1000th of an ampere (A)
mAh – Milliampere-hour – A milliampere-hour (mAh) is 1000th of an ampere-hour ( Ah ).
C – Capacity, when displayed on a battery, the C rating indicates how quickly a battery can be charged or discharged without causing permanent damage to the battery.
S - Series, this letter when displayed on a battery (which is always preceded by a number) indicates how many cells are wired in a series configuration.
BEC – Battery Eliminator Circuit
Servo – This is an electronic device that converts an electronic signal into physical motion.
KV – a term used to indicate how many thousand revolutions per minute (K) an electric motor will complete per volt (V) without a load in a perfect world (the real world figures will always be lower than the rated KV due to many real world factors). KV has sometimes used analogously with turns
Turns – How many times the wire is wrapped around the armature inside an electrical motor
LHS – Local Hobby Store
RPM – Revolutions per minute.
CA – Cyanoacrylate. This is a type of fast drying superglue
WOT = wide open throttle
FPV - First Person View
CG or COG - This is Center of gravity.
Tire Sauce - a mixture of chemicals or other additive used on tires to improve grip.
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