FPV Acronyms
Drone Components
FPV Gear and Systems
100

FPV stands for what

What is First Person View?

100

These spin to generate thrust on a quad

What are motors (or props)?

100

Goggles that let you see the drone's camera feed

What are FPV goggles?

200

VTX stands for this video-sending component

What is Video Transmitter?

200

The board that distributes power to ESCs and motors (abbr.)

What is PDB (Power Distribution Board)?

200

Analog vs. this newer FPV system

What is digital (FPV)?

300

ESC means this speed-controlling part

What is Electronic Speed Controller?

300

These protect the props and are often called "guards" on whoops

What are prop guards?

300

The frequency band most analog FPV uses

What is 5.8 GHz?

400

OSD stands for this

What is On-Screen Display?

400

This lightweight, strong material makes up nearly all modern FPV freestyle and racing frames

What is carbon fiber?

400

This antenna type gives the widest coverage but shortest range

What is a patch antenna?

500

AUW stands for this important drone weight measurement

What is All-Up Weight?

500

This 4-in-1 board combines four ESCs into one compact unit

What is a 4-in-1 ESC?

500

The low-latency video codec used in DJI's digital FPV system

What is H.265?