Ko Propo EX-2 - Glossary of Terms

Aradiofrequencyrangewhichishigherthanpreviousonessuchas27MHzand40MHz.
However,thisalsomeansitisalsomoredirectandsignaltransmissionmaybedifficultifthere
areinterferingobjectsbetweenthetransmitterandreceiver.
Afeaturewhichchangesthesteeringangleofallfourwheelsaccordingtothedriving
conditiontoenablegreaterstability.
Aservowhichusesaseparatepowersourceforitsmotor.InthecaseofelectricR/Ccars,KO
Propo'suniquesystemseestheservodrawpowerfromthe7.2Vbatteryusedforrunningthe
car.
OneoftheradiofrequencyrangesusedfortheR/Chobby.12bandsexistforboth
ground-basedandairborneR/Cmodels.
OneoftheradiofrequencyrangesusedfortheR/Chobby.8bandsand5bandsareassigned
forusewithground-basedandairborneR/Cmodelsrespectively.
Abatterychargerwhichplugsintothestandard100Vwallsocket(inJapan).Itoftenrequires
chargingtimesofseveralhoursormore.
Abuzzersoundemittedbythetransmitter.Itmaybeusedasawarningnotification,etc.
SeeESC.
Atypeofservowhichusesanalog-typeintegratedcircuits(IC).
SinceLCDsdonotgeneratetheirownlightandaredifficulttoseeindarkplaces,thislightis
placedbeneathittoilluminatethedisplay.
Anotherwordforradiofrequency.Thiscanbesetwithfrequencycrystalsanddifferentcrystals
candictatethefrequenciesusedinacertainfrequencyrange.
Anitemwhichindicatestoothersthefrequencythataparticularuserisusing.
Therepeatedactionofapplyingandreleasingthebrakes.
AdevicewhichmixesairandfuelinanengineandgovernsengineRPM.
Atrimwhichonlyadjuststhepositionofneutralwithoutdisturbingtheoverallrangeoftravel.
Referstothenumberofservos,etc.whichcanbecontrolledbyatransmitterortheirindividual
signalnumbers.
Adevicewhichisusedtoengage/disengageanengine'sdriveshaftwiththetransmission.
Anelectriccircuitcontactunitwhichcanbeconnected/disconnected.
Thecoreofacomputerwhichperformsdigitalcalculationsforvarioususes.Alsosometimes
calledanMPU.
Adevicewhichsetsthefrequencyusedbyatransmitter.27MHzand40MHzsystemsrequire
crystalsforchangingfrequencieswhileDSSSandFHSS2.4GHzsystemsdonot.
Amarkeronthedisplaywhichindicatesthepositioninthetextwhichcanbecontrolledat
thattime.
Aprocesswhichreturnstothebeginningandrepeatsitself.
Amodulecontainingadditionalmemorywhichmaybeusedtoincreasetheamountofmodel
memory.
Abatterychargerwhichusesa12Vbatteryorotherstable12Vpowersource.
AcronymforDirectDigitalSystem.Previoustransmitterstransmittedananalogsignal,but
transmitterssuchasEurusandEX-1,whichuseDDS,transmitadigitalsignaltoenablelag-free,
directcontrol.
Anareainwhichtransmitterwheelortriggermovementdoesnotresultinservooperation.It
couldbecausedbywornoutcomponentsandmayberesolvedusingVRADJ.
Whenanoperationisslow,orhasbeenslowed.
Atypeofservowhichusesdigital-typeintegratedcircuits(IC).
AdevicewhichforciblydischargesremainingelectricityfrombatteriessuchasNi-Cd.
AcronymforDirectSequenceSpreadSpectrum.Itisatypeofspreadspectrumtransmission
systemwhichusesthe2.4GHzband.
Aratiobetweentwooperations.
Atypeofmemoryinwhichstoreddataisnotdeletedwhenthepoweristurnedoff.This
productfeaturesthistypeofmemory.
AnacronymforElectronicSpeedController,whichcontrolsthespeedofthemotoronan
electric-poweredR/Ccar.
AnacronymforElectricTrim.ButtonTrimissimilarlyshortenedasBT.
Adevicewhichsetstheservohorntoapredeterminedpositiontopreventthecarfromgoing
outofcontrolwhensignalinterferenceisexperienced.
Ahigh-endservoinwhichthemotorfeaturesfield-effecttransistorsasopposedtobipolar
transistors.
AcronymforFrequency-HoppingSpreadSpectrum.LikeDSSS,itisatypeofspreadspectrum
transmissionsystem.
Arangeofradiowavefrequenciessuchas27MHz,40MHz,2.4GHz,etc.
AnESCwhichutilizesahighfrequencytocontrolthemotor.NearlyallcurrentESCsarehigh
frequencytypes,butolderESCswhicharenotalsoexist.ThereareESCstomatcheither
brushedorbrushlessmotors.
ThissystemisuniquetoKOPropoandenablestwo-waycommunicationwithaPC.Byusing
theInterfaceKit(soldseparately),thetransmitter'sinternalmemorydatamaybeeditedona
PC.
AglobalcommunicationsnetworkwhichconnectssmallernetworksmadeupofmultiplePCs.
Thisnetworkenablesthereleaseofinformationviawebsitesaroundtheworld,
communicationviaE-mail,etc.
Atypeofrotatingdialwhichhasnostops.Eachclickofthedialequatestoaonepoint
adjustmenttothedatatobemodifiedanditisconvenientformakinglargeadjustmentsat
onetime.
AcronymforLiquidCrystalDisplay.Thescreenisusedtodisplayletters,numbers,etc.
AcronymforLightEmittingDiode.Itisatypeofsemi-conductorwhichuseselectricityto
generatelight.
Acomponentwhichconnectstheservotoanotherpartofthecarchassis.
Atypeofbatterywhichisquicktochargeandisgoodforrepeatedrecharges.Theyarealso
lesssusceptibletonaturaldischargingandareeasytomanage,makingthemsafercompared
toothertypesoflithiumbatteries.
Atypeoflithiumbatterywhichislightweightandavailableinvarioussizes.Theyareequipped
withbalanceconnectorssincethereisariskoffire/explosioniftheyareovercharged.
Aunitoffrequency.1000Hertz(Hz)=1Kilohertz(kHz),1000kHz=1MHz.
Atermwhichreferstoalocationwhereinformationistemporarilystored(onaPCfor
example).Transmittersfeaturenon-volatilememorywherethestoredinformationisnot
erasedwhenpoweristurnedoff(refertoEEPROM).
Afeaturewhichcombinesthesignalsformultipleoperationsoreffectsintoamoreefficient
outputsignal.
Afunctionwhichcheckstheoperationofeachchannel.
Thepositionofthetransmittercontrolswhentheyarenotoperated,orthepositionofthe
servohornatthattime.
Afeaturewherebrakingisappliedwhenthethrottleisreturnedfromforwardaccelerationto
neutralposition.Alsocalled“dragbrake.”
Atypeofbatterywhichcanberechargedforrepeateduse.Othertypesofrechargeable
batteriesincludeNi-MHandLi-ion.
ComparedtoNi-Cdbatteries,Ni-MHbatterieshavealargercapacity.Theyaremore
environmentally-friendlysinceitdoesnotcontainCadmium,buttheyarealsomore
susceptibletodamagefromoverdischarging.
Electricalinterference.Sinceitisatypeoffrequency,itcouldcausethereceivertooperatein
error.
Whenahigh-priority(1CH/2CH)functionsettingisswitchedtoalow-priorityone.
Theactofwritinga2.4GHztransmitter'sIDintoareceiversothatthereceiveronlychoosesto
receivethattransmitter'ssignals.Thismustbedoneoncebeforeatransmitterisused.
AnadapterusedtoconnectatransmittertoaPCtoenabletheadjustmentoftheformer's
settingsonthelatter.
Theactofspecifyingasettingpositioninadvance.
Japaneselanguageabbreviationof“proportional.”ReferstoanR/Ctransmitterorthe
transmitter/receivercombination.
Arod-shapedlinkage.
AchargerwhichcouldrechargeNi-Cd,Ni-MH,etc.batteriesinashortamountoftime.
Atray/deckonanR/Ccarchassisonwhichthereceiverservo,etc.areinstalled.
Adevicewhichreceivesradiosignalsfromthetransmitterandpassesthemontotheservo
andESC.Useofthesametypeofsignalasthetransmitterisrequired.
Acircuitwhichstabilizestheinputvoltagetotheleveloftherequiredvoltage.
Returningthesettingstotheoriginalpresetcondition.
Thetimebetweenatransmitterinputandareceiverreaction.
Acomponentwhichgeneratesandtransmitsradiofrequencies.Theyexistin27MHz,40MHz,
2.4GHz(DSSS),and2.4GHz(FHSS)types,withsometransmittersallowingmodulestobe
interchanged.
Arubbercomponentattachedtotheservocaseearswhichprotectstheservofromvibrations.
Adevicewhichtranslatesthetransmitter'sradiosignalsintomechanicalrotationalmovement.
Ahornwhichfeaturesaninternalshockabsorber.Thisisincludedinthekit.
Alistwhichdescribesthemakeup,performance,etc.ofapieceofR/Cequipment.
Anotherwordfor“universal.”Duetotheoffsetintegratedintotheoutputshaft'sgrooveand
thehorn'shole,thiswillpreciselymatchtheirpositionswhenspun.
Adjuststheoverallsteeringanglerange.
※RefertoTrimandSubTrimUsage
Arepeatedactionbetweentwosetpoints.
Ameasureoftheforceatworkintherotatingshaftsofmotors,servos,etc.
Adevicewhichsendsoutradiowavestoareceiverlinkedtoservos,ESCs,etc.tocontrolan
R/Cmodel.
Theangle/amountofservohornmovement.
Amechanismonatransmitterwhichlookslikeaguntrigger,theoperationofwhichcontrols
thethrottle.
Amechanismwhichadjuststheneutralpositionofeachchannel.
AcronymforVariableResistor.Anelectricalcomponentwhichsensesthepositionofthe
steering,throttle,etc.
Placesontheinternetonwhichinformationisdisseminated.TheyareaccessedviaPC
softwarecalledwebbrowsers.Somewebsitesarealsoknownashomepages.
Amechanismonatransmitterwhichisrotatedleftandrighttocontrolsteering.
TherangewithinwhichtheABSorthrottleoperates.
2.4GHz
4WS
7.2VServo
27MHz
40MHz
ACCharger
Alarm
Amp
AnalogServo
Backlight
Band
BandIDTag
BrakePumping
Carburetor
CenterTrim
Channel
Clutch
Connector
CPU
Crystal
Cursor
Cycle
Databank
DCCharger
DDS
DeadZone
Delay
DigitalServo
Discharger
DSSS
DutyCycle
EEPROM
ESC
ET
Fail-SafeAdapter
FETServo
FHSS
HighFrequencyESC
FrequencyRange
ICS(Interactive
CommunicationSystem)
Internet
JogDial
LCD
LED
Linkage
Lithium-Ferrite(Li-Fe)
Battery
Lithium-Polymer(Li-Po)
Battery
Megahertz(MHz)
Memory
Mixing
Monitor
Neutral
NeutralBrake
Ni-Cd
Ni-MH
Noise
Override
Pairing
PCInterface
Preset
Propo
Pushrod
QuickRecharger
R/CEquipmentTray
Receiver(RX)
Regulator
Reset
Response
RFModule
RubberGrommet
Servo
ServoSaverHorn
SpecList
Spline
SubTrim
Swing
Torque
Transmitter(TX)
Travel
Trigger
Trim
VR
Website
Wheel
Width
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■ Glossary
This section explains terms which appear in this instruction manual as well as terms which are
common in the radio control hobby.