Hi and Welcome to QUADCOTER FORUM Here is a list of RC terms that will help you Know what is being spoken about
AC Alternating current
DC Direct current
ESC Electronic Speed Control
BEC battery eliminator circuit
FCB Flight Control Board
PDB Power Distribution Board
MODULE This is used in a radio for the protocol you want it on
FPV First Person View
OSD On Screen Display
GPS Global positioning satellites
RECEIVER This is the unit that receiver the commands from the transmitter
TRANSMITTER Multi channel proportional radio transmitter
MOTORS
BRUSHLESS These motors have no brushes to were out so last long are 90% efficient must have ESC to work as they are 3 phase AC
CORELESS These motors have a winding around the shaft and spin inside the magnetic outer case
normally used on smaller quads or toy helicopters
OUTRUNNER On this motor the outer case spins and drives the prop fitted to it
INRUNNER On this motor the shaft spins and the prop is mounted on the shaft
LIPO Lithium polymer battery
ARF Almost ready to fly needs some parts to fly
TX = Transmitter
RX = Receiver
ACC Accelerometer
AH Altitude hold
AIL Ailerons
AL Auto Levelling
ALT Altitude
APM Ardu Pilot Mega
ARTF Almost Ready to Fly
AUW All up weight
BARO Barometric Altimeter
BEC Battery Eliminator Circuit
BNF Bind and Fly
COG or CG Centre of Gravity
DD Direct Drive
DOF Degree of Freedom
DSM / DSM2 / DSMX These are proprietary technology of an RC equipment maker, Spectrum, and DSM stands for “Digital Spectrum Modulation”.
EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
ELEV Elevator AKA pitch
EMI Electromagnetic Interference similar to RFI
FC Flight Controller
FOV Field of View
GCS Ground Control Station
Gimbal Camera mount that is controllable
GPS Global Positioning System
GYRO Gyroscope
HEXA Hexacopter-six motors
HK Hobbyking
LIPO Lithium Polymer Battery
LOS Line of Sight
MAG Magnetometer, electric compass
OCTO Octocopter – 8 motors
OSD On Screen Display
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PID Proportional Integral Derivative
PPM SUM (CPPM) Pulse Position Modulation
PWM Pulse Width Modulation
QUAD Quadcopter
RC Radio Control
RCG RCGroups
RF Radio Frequency
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication
RTF Ready to Fly
RTH Return to Home
RTL Return To Launch same as RTH
RUD Rudder AKA Yaw
RX Radio Receiver
SF Slow fly, props
SimonK A famous ESC firmware optimized for multirotors
SMA and RP-SMA Sub-Miniature Version A – Reverse Polarity SMA
Throttle The power given to all motors to generate more lift or power.
TRI Tricopter
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UBEC Universal Battery Elimination Circuit
VRX Video Receiver
V-tail A type of multicopter that has 4 motors, 2 tail motors form a V shape, has no servo
VTX Video Transmitter
X8 A type of multicopter that has 8 motors and of a shape of X, 4 motors on top, 4 motors at bottom, no servo
XT60 A type of connector
Y4 A type of multicopter that has 4 motors, 2 tail motors one on top of ther other, it looks like a tricopter but has no servo
Y6 A type of multicopter that has 6 motors and of a shape of Y, 3 motors on top, 3 motors at bottom, no servo
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
If you can think of any more message me and I will add them
AC Alternating current
DC Direct current
ESC Electronic Speed Control
BEC battery eliminator circuit
FCB Flight Control Board
PDB Power Distribution Board
MODULE This is used in a radio for the protocol you want it on
FPV First Person View
OSD On Screen Display
GPS Global positioning satellites
RECEIVER This is the unit that receiver the commands from the transmitter
TRANSMITTER Multi channel proportional radio transmitter
MOTORS
BRUSHLESS These motors have no brushes to were out so last long are 90% efficient must have ESC to work as they are 3 phase AC
CORELESS These motors have a winding around the shaft and spin inside the magnetic outer case
normally used on smaller quads or toy helicopters
OUTRUNNER On this motor the outer case spins and drives the prop fitted to it
INRUNNER On this motor the shaft spins and the prop is mounted on the shaft
LIPO Lithium polymer battery
ARF Almost ready to fly needs some parts to fly
TX = Transmitter
RX = Receiver
ACC Accelerometer
AH Altitude hold
AIL Ailerons
AL Auto Levelling
ALT Altitude
APM Ardu Pilot Mega
ARTF Almost Ready to Fly
AUW All up weight
BARO Barometric Altimeter
BEC Battery Eliminator Circuit
BNF Bind and Fly
COG or CG Centre of Gravity
DD Direct Drive
DOF Degree of Freedom
DSM / DSM2 / DSMX These are proprietary technology of an RC equipment maker, Spectrum, and DSM stands for “Digital Spectrum Modulation”.
EEPROM Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
ELEV Elevator AKA pitch
EMI Electromagnetic Interference similar to RFI
FC Flight Controller
FOV Field of View
GCS Ground Control Station
Gimbal Camera mount that is controllable
GPS Global Positioning System
GYRO Gyroscope
HEXA Hexacopter-six motors
HK Hobbyking
LIPO Lithium Polymer Battery
LOS Line of Sight
MAG Magnetometer, electric compass
OCTO Octocopter – 8 motors
OSD On Screen Display
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PID Proportional Integral Derivative
PPM SUM (CPPM) Pulse Position Modulation
PWM Pulse Width Modulation
QUAD Quadcopter
RC Radio Control
RCG RCGroups
RF Radio Frequency
RPM Revolutions Per Minute
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indication
RTF Ready to Fly
RTH Return to Home
RTL Return To Launch same as RTH
RUD Rudder AKA Yaw
RX Radio Receiver
SF Slow fly, props
SimonK A famous ESC firmware optimized for multirotors
SMA and RP-SMA Sub-Miniature Version A – Reverse Polarity SMA
Throttle The power given to all motors to generate more lift or power.
TRI Tricopter
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UBEC Universal Battery Elimination Circuit
VRX Video Receiver
V-tail A type of multicopter that has 4 motors, 2 tail motors form a V shape, has no servo
VTX Video Transmitter
X8 A type of multicopter that has 8 motors and of a shape of X, 4 motors on top, 4 motors at bottom, no servo
XT60 A type of connector
Y4 A type of multicopter that has 4 motors, 2 tail motors one on top of ther other, it looks like a tricopter but has no servo
Y6 A type of multicopter that has 6 motors and of a shape of Y, 3 motors on top, 3 motors at bottom, no servo
CAA Civil Aviation Authority
If you can think of any more message me and I will add them
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