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🎗️ 1:16 Scale (Tank Standard) The size that the RC battle tank world settled on, so models from d…

B

🎗️ BB Unit An airsoft-style mechanism fitted to some RC tanks that fires real… 🎗️ Battle Mode A tank's configuration for organized IR battles — hit points, respa…

D

🎗️ DMD Unit Tamiya\x27s Digital Motor Drive control unit, the speed controller…

G

🎗️ Gun Elevation Raising and lowering the gun barrel, the up-and-down half of aiming.

H

🎗️ Heng Long A Chinese manufacturer whose 1:16 RC tanks make up a large share of… 🎗️ Hop-Up Chamber The part of a BB-firing unit that puts backspin on each BB for a fl…

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🎗️ IR Battle System An infrared "laser tag" setup for RC tanks — each tank fires an IR… 🎗️ Idler Wheel An unpowered wheel that tensions and guides a tank's track, usually… 🎗️ Individual Link Tracks Tracks built from separate links pinned together, rather than mould…

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🎗️ MFU (Multi-Function Unit) The main control board in an RC tank that handles drive, turret, so… 🎗️ Metal Upgrade Replacing a tank\x27s plastic parts — gearboxes, tracks, sprockets,… 🎗️ Muzzle Velocity How fast a BB leaves an RC tank's barrel, usually measured in FPS —…

R

🎗️ Recoil A mechanical or hydraulic effect that makes an RC tank's barrel and… 🎗️ Road Wheel One of the wheels running along the bottom of a tank's track that s…

S

🎗️ Smoke Unit A small heater that vaporises smoke fluid to send a puff of exhaust… 🎗️ Sound Unit An onboard speaker and amplifier module that plays real engine, fir… 🎗️ Sprocket The toothed wheel that drives a tank's track, usually at the front…

T

🎗️ Tank Gearbox The geared drive unit on each side of the tank that turns a motor i… 🎗️ Tracks The continuous rubber or plastic belts an RC tank drives on instead… 🎗️ Turret The rotating upper section of a tank carrying the main gun, able to… 🎗️ Turret Traverse The side-to-side rotation of the turret on its ring.