Glossary of Terms

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3D Acceleration

A
ATV
Active View
Advanced NavGuides
Adverse Yaw
AFR
Advanced Flight Recorder
Aileron
Airfoil
Angle of Attack
Anti-Roll Bar
Anti-Squat
Arm
ARF
ATE
Advanced Terrain Editor
Auto-Play
Autorotation
Autorotation Event

B
Bilinear Textures
Buddy Box

C
CG
Center Of Gravity
Camber
Caster
Collective
Collision Detection
Coning
Control Panel
Control Surface
Controller
Cyclic

D
Dead Stick
Deadstick Landing Event
Differential Throw
Dihedral
Direct Control Interface
DSC - Direct Servo Control
Direct3D Technology
DirectX
Dithering
Down Thrust
Driver
Drop

E
ESC - Electronic Speed Control
Elevator
Endpoint Adjustment
Event
Exponential

F
Flap
Flapping Head
Flare
Flight Playback Gadget
Flight Recording Gadget
Flutter
Flybar Paddles
Four Stroke (Four Cycle)
Frame Rate
Freestyle Event
Full Edit
Fuselage
Futaba

G
Gadget
Glitch
Gouraud Shading
Governor
Group
Gyro

H
HAL Device
Horizontal Stabilizer
Host
Hot Pluggable/Hot Swappable
Hub

I
Interface Mode
Interface Wizard
InterLink Controller
Internal 3D Technology
IP Address

J
Joystick
Joystick Emulation Interface
Joystick Mode

L
LAN
Lead Lag
Limbo
List Server
Low Rates

M
Mode
Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3
Mode 4
Multiplayer
Multiplayer Session

N
NavGuides

P
Photofield
Pirouette
Pistons
Pitch Axis
Plumb String
Private Session
Propeller
Public Session
Pylon Racing

Q
Quick Edit

R
RAM
RAMP
RealFlight G2
RealPhysics
RealRace
Refresh Rate
Resolution
Ride Height
Roll Axis
Rudder

S
Servo
Session
Shocks
Simulator Settings
Sound Card
Specular Highlights
Spot Landing
Stall
Swash Plate
Sway Bar

T
Throttle Hold
Toe
Tooltip
Trees

U
USB
Universal Serial Bus

V
Video Card
Viewport
VFI
Virtual Flight Instructor
VirtualRevolution

W
Washout
Wheelbase
Wing Loading

Y
Yaw Axis

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