I finally am feeling well enough to get back into RC again. I have been having trouble with my built in charger and batteries on my Horus, so I had been using my QX7. But I REALLY missed the higher resolution color screen.
While I was browsing youtube videos I saw both the Jumper and the Radiomaster radios. I watched a bunch of review on both of them and decided to take a chance on the Radiomaster TS16X. I’ve had it about a week now and I’m totally in love with it. Not quite as beefy a case as the Horus, but it’s a very solid radio. The 4 in 1 protocol module is absolutely amazing. I can use this radio with just about everything without having to add a module in the back. I think I’ll probably be getting a Frsky L9 module which is great for long range stuff and give that a try now.
The TX16S supports telemetry, D8, D16 and has just about all the features of the Horus. The thing I REALLY like about it is the battery can be replaced without having to disassemble it, and you can use Li-Ion or Lipo batteries and it comes with a 18650 holder. I popped in two that I had laying around and they are working great, they are 5000mah batteries. I also ordered some 12000mah batteries so with those two sets I’m pretty much covered.
It works with OpenTx (in comes with OpenTx installed) but I went ahead and upgraded to 2.39 immediately and it’s working great. I was able to copy all my models over, except for one that for some reason I apparently set up kind of funky. I did try to do the CloneTX but couldn’t get it to work. But it’s not that big a deal to rebind my models because it forces me to double check all the settings.
I was able to bind a couple of my airplanes, and they are working great, and I got it setup with my OMP M2 helicopter (which I had not flown yet) and it’s working awesome. Took it out to the cul-de-sac and flew around for about 4 minutes and I have to say that is one awesome helicopter. It’s flybar less and has collective pitch with a gyro and I didn’t have any trouble hovering it around. So now it’s a matter of practicing more on the simulator then charging up more batteries and flying the heck out of it.