So I got my radio a few days ago. I just wanted to beat JB in giving my first impression.  I am going to try to keep this short.  I am not going to do a thorough review.  Plenty of YT celebrity will weigh in.

Here is the box (much smaller than I thought).  Corner is damage from shipping (not Radiomaster fault, it was the vendor poor packaging).  Radio was well packed so it was fine.



Nice foam case.



I found an extra set screw.  I don't know where it is from.  I decided not to open the radio to find out.  Everything outside looks intact and working.



Cute little keychain.  The other things in the package is the USB C cable and instruction booklet.  Booklet was pretty uninformative.



Room for 2 18650 li-ion batteries.  Battery case included.  But battery not included.  I am curious if the lack of balance port will deteriorate the li-ion quicker over time if I continue to use the internal charging. 



Nice touch on the foam.  Keeps the li-ion from moving around.




It is alive.



Here is my Horus 10Xs comparison.  The Radiomaster is slightly smaller.  I actually like how it fits in my hands.  The Horus does have a superior built quality and feel compared to the Radiomaster.  Especially the knob, plastic casing and gimbal.  But don't get me wrong, the Radiomaster is well built.  The fit and finish great.  If I did not have the Horus to compare to, I would totally be happy with the Radiomaster. It does not feel cheap by all means.



Believe or not, this is my first radio with OpenTX.  I kept FrOS on the Horus because I like the simplicity.  My other radio (not shown) uses Ersky (similar to OpenTx) and I never installed OpenTx on that one either.  I spent the better half of a day trying to install the latest firmware.  Going through this exercise, I see how some beginners have so much trouble.

This is how far I gotten so far.  Installed 2.3.8 nightlie build, no release version supports this radio yet.  I customize the screen, which is so much nicer to look at than the Horus FrOS.  My screen is supposed to be touch, but that will be active with 2.4.  Unfortunately, that is not out yet.



I bought this radio for Crossfire.  Overall, I am glad I purchased it.  I would recommend it to anyone new looking for a radio and even veteran looking to replace or add to their collection.  It is a very good value and I would pick this over the Taranis X9D or Q7X.  You would not regret it.  I love the internal multiple protocol module, the USB C charging, the bracket stand, screen and grips.  I wish it has internal antenna like the Horus, especially since I will put on Crossfire.

Things left to do is Lua Script and Crossfire.

Great first honest impressions from someone we can trust. You even you got your unboxing review out before JB  

One thing I would be interested to learn is how well the screen can be seen in direct sunlight. I only heard one reviewer briefly mention it could sometimes be hard to read but it would be good to find out more on this this. I can read the monochrome screen of my X9D+ without any issues at all in sunlight. The TX16S supposedly uses a screen with a reasonably high nits rating but I think the touch screen technology might inhibit that a little. The only true test is to take it out in the Californian sun to see for yourself.

I can check it tomorrow. But if it is like my Horus, it should be readable. In bright direct sun, you will have a hard time just like most color screen. I don't seem to have a problem. I guess it also depends on the color theme you setup. I believe some color scheme will be easier to read than others.

So I got Crossfire working, but there is some bugs in the Lua script. Trying to configure the Nano Rx, it kept locking up on me.

I also tried the BF Lua Script. I couldn't get it to work. Even though Painless 360 mentioned in his Q and A that Lua Script should work. I don't think he tried it.

I'm don't get any issues with the Crossfire LUA scripts on my X9D+ (I use the ones in the tools menu), so I guess it must be something specific to the TX16S. I'm running OpenTX 2.3.7 though so it could even be an issue in the nightly OpenTX 2.3.8 build.

Also, I'm still running firmware version 3.23 on my Crossfire Micro TX and the Nano RX because version 3.28 onward switches on WiFi in the Crossfire module (with no configuration option to turn it off, yet) which then unnecessarily drains more power from the transmitter batteries when I have no need for it. As I don't have a Fusion module yet I don't need WiFi connectivity so I've remained on that older version version just so I can keep the WiFi disabled. So the issue could even be down to the Crossfire firmware version if you are on a version later than 3.23.

G'day Guy posted his ...

For two days, tried to figure out the Lua Script. It ended up being my fault. I had the telemetry in BF off. I do not know how that happened. What a senior moment.

Well it's good to know the LUA scrips are all working fine on the TX16S. It's sod's law that the source of such problems always seems to be one of the last places you think of looking.

Hey folks .....  Hope you are well and safe.
I got my TX16S a couple of days ago and thought that I would increase the size of the SD card. Min came with a very small card. I had a fast 16 gig card doing nothing, so I formatted it in the computer and flashed the firmware (2.3.9 ver.29) to it. All OK, but when I rebooted it in the radio every thing was there except I had lost the tiled function list that ran along the top of the page.
Any idea how I can get it back?
Thanks
Treetops

(18-Jun-2020, 12:48 PM)Treetops Wrote: Hey folks .....  Hope you are well and safe.
I got my TX16S a couple of days ago and thought that I would increase the size of the SD card. Min came with a very small card. I had a fast 16 gig card doing nothing, so I formatted it in the computer and flashed the firmware (2.3.9 ver.29) to it. All OK, but when I rebooted it in the radio every thing was there except I had lost the tiled function list that ran along the top of the page.
Any idea how I can get it back?
Thanks
Treetops

Hold down the 'Tele' button. You will enter the menu to setup the title on top and the widgets. You can also change the color theme.

I can give you more details if you can figure it out.

Hi

how can I assign a lua as input for a telem screen. Tried it quickly but could only choose value, timer and stuff

I assume when you say Lua, you meant telemetry values.

If you pick the "value" option. You will see the RUD is the default. 


It will take you to this screen. 


You can click the scroll roll once and it will allow you to change the values. Look for the values with the eye and three bars, these are your telemetry values. You also just long press to get a menu to pick with categories of values.


Once you pick what you want. Press rtn to exit. And then exit out of the setup menu. 

Just modded my TX16S to have removable antenna
Easy enough to do
detail: https://oscarliang.com/tx16s-removable-antenna-mod/

(22-Jun-2020, 09:53 PM)voodoo614 Wrote: I assume when you say Lua, you meant telemetry values.

Hi,

I meant the BF lua Script or INAV Yapuu Telemetry Page

I think you are confused. Lua script does not have any telemetry. The Lua script just takes the telemetry from S. Port. Lua script can do all kinds of stuff. Think of it as a programming language.