Lithium Polymer batteries are the preferred power sources for most electric modelers today. They offer high discharge rates and a high energy storage/weight ratio. However, using them properly and charging them correctly is no trivial task. There are many things … Continue reading
Glossary
L1 thru L32; 32 logic switches, programmable to compare values as true or false, active when true, inactive when false.
Telemetry data log file(s) stored in comma separated values (csv) file format. Location: SD Card
Longitudinal Cyclic Direction. specifies the direction, Normal (—) or Inverse (INV)
Long Press (press/hold) one of the 6 keys on the face of the Taranis. Example: LP Menu is a Long Press of the Menu key. This is contrasted with SP Menu, which would be a short (brief) press of the … Continue reading
A FrSky radio communication protocol for up to 3x extended range on 12 channels without telemetry.
Long Range System; used to extend the control range of the model for longer range. Typically uses frequencies in the 450Mhz range.
Abbreviation for Logic Switch and for Left Slider, depending on context. A Logic Switch is a “soft” switch defined by user instructions. Triggered when conditional logic criteria are satisfied. The “Left Slider” is the pot (potentiometer) on the left edge of … Continue reading
Lua is a small but powerful open source (free) programming language designed to be used by operating systems typically found in mobile devices. Support for Lua-scripting is a new feature in OpenTX 2.0. Lua-scripts are stored in text files and … Continue reading
Low Voltage Cutoff. The voltage at which devices will stop working (important to know for ESC’s and Tx’s and Rx’s). Also used as a safety measure on some ESC’s to cut off the voltage from the battery, especially for LiPo … Continue reading
A constant having value equal to +100.
Units as displayed in OpenTx Companion and Taranis; Imperial or Metric
A timed voice enunciation of the timer count, broadcast over loud speaker or audio jack
The mixer section of the Taranis (or Companion) allows any of the many sources of input to be combined as desired and mapped to any output channel. The mixer defines the logic by which the aircraft will be controlled. Typically … Continue reading
Image (icon) displayed when selecting a model. Image size must be 64px wide x32px tall in 4-bit greyscale .bmp file stored in SDcard/BMP folder in Taranis. Image name may be up to 10 characters with no spaces and have a .bmp … Continue reading
The Taranis will immediately access up to 60 different model set ups by name and even more on the SD card. Each model can be named with up to 12 alphanumeric characters in both upper and lower case plus limited … Continue reading
Binary model backup files that have been archived in MODEL SELECTION menu.
Option to disable mix line in specific flight modes
Multi-rotor aircraft. A rapidly growing Special Interest Group. Examples include quadcopters (4 rotors), hexacopters (6 rotors), etc. Frequently used with Aerial Photography (AP) and first person view (FPV) equipment.
A value used to align gimbal stick movements of the student’s transmitter (Slave) with that of the training instructor’s transmitter (Master).