In RC hobby terms, this is a feature of a battery charger that enables it to tell when a battery is fully charged. It does this by detecting the small drop in voltage that occurs when the battery reac [..]

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A safety feature included in some electric models, this is an external switch that needs to be flipped before the motor will start. It helps prevent the motor from starting unintentionally, which coul [..]

The ability to set limits on the travel distance of a servo to either side of its neutral position. These limits can be different for either side, which can help to balance a tilting or listing aircra [..]

An adjustable ‘control surface’ on the trailing edge a plane wing that can be raised or lowered to cause rolling to the left and right. Raising the aileron on one wing and lowering the one on the othe [..]

Linking an aileron servo to the rudder servo/control in such a way that the rudder also moves when the aileron receives a command.

See ‘Flight Pack’. This is not a similar thing to the flight box, rather it refers to all the radio equipment that is used in an RC aircraft during flight. This includes most importantly the receiver, [..]

Stands for ‘The Academy of Model Aeronautics’, which is a US national body that runs model competitions and creates official model flight records.

Used to be the most common type of radio modulation, but has now been overtaken by more sophisticated systems. It works by varying the transmission signal’s amplitude.