Technical Terms
0-9
5th Generation
A
Accelerometer
Aacro Mode
AFHDS3
Ampere Hour
Air Mode
Angl Mode
ANT
Arming
B
Battery Charger
Betaflight
Bind
BNF
Barometric Sensor
Brushed DC Motor
Brushless DC Motor
C
CC2500
C/Crate/Capacity
CSC/Combination Stick Operation
Counter Flare
D
Data Science
Digital Modulation Methods
Decibel-Milliwatts
Drone Racing
E
ESC/Electric Speed Control
Effective Isotropic Radiated Power/EIRP
ELRS/Express Long Range System
Extended Reality/Cross Reality
F
FC/Flight Controller
Flight One
FOV/Field of View
FPV/First Person View
Flight Modes
Free Style
Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum/FHSS
Frsky
G
Galileo
GLONASS
GPS/Global Positioning System/Global Positioning Satellite
Gyroscope
H
Headless Mode
HDZero
Horizon Mode
Hover
I
Inertia
J
JST-PH2.0
K
KV
L
Lift
Lithium-Ion Battery
LiPo Battery
M
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems/MEMS
Modulation Method
N
O
Optical Flow/Optic Flow
OSD/On Screen Display
P
Payload
PDB
PID Controller/Proportional-Integral-Differential Controller
POI/Point of Interest
Proportional Control
Propeller
Q
Quadrotor/Quadcopter
QZS/Quasi Zenith Satellite System
R
Radio Control/RC
RC Flight Simulator
RSSI/Received Signal Strength Indicator
RTF/Ready to Fly
RTH/Return to Home
Real-Time Kinematic Positioning/RTK
S
S-FHSS
SPI Frsky
S/Cell
Servo Mechanism
State of Charge/SoC
T
TBS
TX/Transmitter
U
UART
USB/UniversalSerialBus
USB Power Delivery/USB PD
V
Vibrating Structure Gyroscope
VTX/Video Transmitter
W
Walksnail
X
Y
Z