@Wildthing - well the good news is the bad boy (T16) is up and running again - I reformatted the SD card and reloaded the backup SD contents onto the card without using the OTX companion - at first I still had the 'key stuck' error on screen, so I replugged the external module on a whim and 'booyah' it worked again - now I am thinking the instructions from Jumper to check the ribbon cables (at that point I had the external module removed) was giving me the 'key stuck' error - it is great to be running again, but it does not explain the original 'key stuck' error - now I need to see if I can use the companion to reinstate my programmed models!
EDIT - companion works fine and my programmed models from after the backup have been reinstated easily!
@Tonero311 - should be no problem - using the i6 as a slave on PPM will certainly work - I have a i6s so I will try it!
At the start of this thread I joined the i6s (2.4 GHz) to my JR X378 (FM TX)!
Yikes - some more feedback.
It is suggested I set the elevator trims to 'own value' for each flight mode (in the Flight Modes menu) since elevator trim is likely to change as you switch from normal to thermal to speed. Also, I need to look at bundling the references to CH10, CH12 and CH14 into a single 'all camber' high channel and cascade them down to the low channels - that would save a mix, and provide a single adjustment point if changes were needed.
'A sign of a good setup is where every setting has a single adjustment point, and where you never need to enter the mixers menu to make adjustments as it's very easy to make an error. Both goals can be achieved by binding critical mixer adjustments to GVARs or spare controls like the T5 and T6 adjusters on the T16. These are particularly useful for snap-flap and camber adjustment as they are flight mode aware.'
On to round three!
One of the guys at our club has one, not sure how long ago he got it but it is with the internal module. He had a few headaches at the beginning, I guess you couldn't program through the external port you had to take the radio apart and get a special usb adapter and I think something like a bootlog wasn't in it. He got it all working but it wasn't headache free.@Wildthing - it is an awesome radio - the new version has the hall sensor sticks and an internal multiprotocol module which allows you to put another external module for GPS flying - for the same price I paid! actually the programming is easy, but the right programming is the challenge - there are so many ways to skin the cat or peel the onion - I would love to have a sharing buddy for some OTX files!
You can do it all from the SD card (in my experience).
That's what he said to me, . I believe they changed that right after a few complaints, I think another that I remember was not having a charging port, does yours Phil?Some of the T-16`s the bootloader is not installed on the internal module that is the reason to make up a USB adapter IF the bootloader is not there it will not load from a SD card once done then all changes can be done with SD card.
Really adding a charging port wouldn't be that hard or just have an extra set of batteries already charged up.@Wildthing - sadly no charging port - I use the two fat rechargeables in the supplied battery box, though it seems like there are heaps of hacks to make it rechargeable. For now, that is not such a biggie!