🔤 RC Glossary

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Cars, crawlers, boats, planes, helis, drones, tanks and radios — every real term, plain English, no jargon left behind. New to RC? Start here.

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All 230 🔋 Battery & Power (23) 🔧 Chassis & Handling (21) ⚙️ Drivetrain & Gearing (13) 🏁 Racing (13) 🏎️ Vehicle Types (16) 📡 Radio & Control (26) 🎥 FPV & Drones (22) 🚤 Boats (15) ✈️ Planes (18) 🚁 Helicopters (15) 🎗️ Tanks & Military (12) 🔩 General Hardware (16) 🛞 Tires & Wheels (8) 🎨 Paint & Body (6) 🧰 Maintenance & Safety (6)
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A

🏎️ ARF Almost-Ready-to-Fly — the aircraft equivalent of ARTR: airframe is… 🏎️ ARTR Almost-Ready-To-Run — mostly assembled but needs some electronics (…

B

🏎️ BND Bind-N-Drive — comes with electronics but no radio; you bind it to… 🏎️ Bashing Driving for fun — jumps, sends and general mayhem — rather than org… 🏎️ Buggy A lightweight, low-slung off-road racing car, available in 2WD and…

C

🏎️ Crawler A slow, high-articulation RC built to climb rocks and technical ter…

D

🏎️ Drift Car A car set up to intentionally slide sideways through corners with t…

K

🏎️ Kit A model that comes fully unbuilt — every part in the box, nothing p…

M

🏎️ Monster Truck A solid-axle truck on oversized tires built for jumping and crushin…

P

🏎️ PNP Plug-N-Play — an aircraft with motor, ESC and servos already instal…

R

🏎️ RTF Ready-To-Fly — the aircraft/heli/drone equivalent of RTR: comes com… 🏎️ RTR Ready-To-Run — a model that comes fully built with electronics inst… 🏎️ Rock Racer A hybrid between a crawler and a buggy — long-travel suspension for…

S

🏎️ Scale (1:10, 1:8, 1:5) The size ratio between the model and a real full-size vehicle — 1:1… 🏎️ Short Course Truck A pickup-styled off-road racing truck on 4-link or independent susp…

T

🏎️ Touring Car A low, road-going race car body on a flat, on-road chassis — raced…