🔤 RC Glossary

Every RC term, decoded

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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B

🛞 Bead-Lock Wheel A wheel with a separate ring that clamps the tire's edge (bead) in…

S

🛞 Sidewall The side of a tire between the tread and the wheel — its flex and s…

T

🛞 Tire Compound The rubber hardness/softness of a tire. Softer compounds grip harde… 🛞 Tire Glue Cyanoacrylate (CA) glue used to bond a tire to its wheel — applied… 🛞 Tire Insert A foam ring fitted inside a tire before gluing, supporting the side… 🛞 Tread Pattern The molded pattern on a tire's surface, matched to the surface it's…

W

🛞 Wheel Dish How deep-set a wheel's face is relative to its outer lip — a stylin… 🛞 Wheel Offset How far a wheel's mounting face sits from its centerline — changes…