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✈️ 3D Flying Aerobatics flown at or beyond the stall, where the model hangs on i…

A

✈️ Aileron The hinged control surface near each wingtip that rolls the plane l… ✈️ Angle of Incidence The angle at which the wing is mounted relative to the fuselage cen…

C

✈️ CG (Center of Gravity) A plane's balance point — getting CG right is one of the most criti… ✈️ Control Throws How far a control surface (aileron, elevator, rudder) physically mo…

D

✈️ Dead Stick Flying and landing with the engine or motor stopped, whether by cho… ✈️ Decalage The angular difference between a plane's wing and its horizontal ta… ✈️ Dihedral The upward angle of the wings from root to tip, which adds passive…

E

✈️ Elevator The hinged control surface on the tail that pitches the nose up or… ✈️ Elevon A control surface that acts as both elevator and aileron, used on f…

F

✈️ Flaps Hinged surfaces on the inner wing that increase lift and drag for s… ✈️ Flying Wing An aircraft with no separate fuselage or tailplane — the wing is th…

G

✈️ Glider / Sailplane An unpowered or lightly-powered plane designed for efficient, susta… ✈️ Glow Engine A small nitro-fueled engine ignited by a heated glow plug — the tra…

H

✈️ Hand Launch Throwing a plane or glider into the air by hand to start the flight… ✈️ High-Wing A plane with the wing mounted on top of the fuselage — generally mo…

K

✈️ Knife Edge Flying with the wings vertical, so the fuselage side does the lifti…

M

✈️ Motor Mount / Firewall The reinforced bulkhead at the front of a plane's fuselage that the…

P

✈️ Prop Size (Diameter x Pitch) The two numbers on a propeller: the first is diameter in inches, th…

R

✈️ RTF / ARF / BNF / PNP The four common completion levels sold in the hobby, from a complet… ✈️ Rudder The hinged surface on the vertical fin that yaws the nose left and…

S

✈️ Scale Flying Flying a model that replicates a real aircraft, with a flying style… ✈️ Spinner The rounded cone fitted over a plane's prop hub — smooths airflow i… ✈️ Stall When a wing loses lift because it's flying too slow or at too steep…

T

✈️ Taildragger (Conventional Gear) A plane with two main wheels ahead of the centre of gravity and a s… ✈️ Thermal A rising column of warm air a glider pilot circles inside to gain a… ✈️ Tractor vs Pusher A tractor prop sits at the front and pulls the aircraft; a pusher s… ✈️ Trainer A plane designed to be forgiving for a first-time pilot — typically…

W

✈️ Warbird A scale RC replica of a WWII-era military aircraft — typically fast… ✈️ Washout A deliberate twist built into a wing so the tips are at a lower ang… ✈️ Wing Loading A plane's weight divided by its wing area. Lower loading flies slow… ✈️ Wingspan A wing's total tip-to-tip length — the standard way RC plane sizes…