Boosted and Blinky are very easy to explain.
On a motor you have mechanical timing, i.e. if you rotate the endbell from the '0' position you will advance or retard the timing, this will determine when the pulses from the ESC to the motor happen relative to the magnetic coils in the stator of the motor. As it's a mechanical adjustment, the effect is felt throughout the complete RPM range of the motor.
On the ESC, you can also adjust this timing, only this time the adjustment is done electronically, so there are lots more parameters you can play with. The two main parameters are 'Boost' and 'Turbo'. Boost is an adjustment to the timing that happens from a configurable RPM start point, and then it keeps on adding timing until the amount of timing required to be added has been added. It's a little bit more complicated than that but this serves as a rough description. 'Turbo' is an adjustment to the timing that takes place after a designated amount of time at full throttle, this then adds timing until the amount of timing required has been added. Turbo takes place after Boost, so they have a cumulative effect. Generally you use Boost to setup the motor for acceleration in the infield, and Turbo to get the maximum speed down the straight.
Blinky refers to the rules a class runs to. 'Blinky' rules dictate that the ESC must not add any timing at any point in the RPM range. ESCs that have been programmed to be in this mode will blink an LED to show they are in 'Blinky' mode.
Boosted means that the rules are open, i.e. you are allowed to use Boost and Turbo.
Hope this makes sense
Can I just plug a couple of Facebook groups Matt?
Firstly, we have a Facebook group for our club - this is a great place to get answers from our members (lots of experience!) -
click here
Secondly, there's a club very local to you that race on Thursday nights - Bristol Model Car Club -
click here - a really great bunch of lads, lots of them come up to our club together and have a great time.
Hope this helps,
Joe