Radiomaster TX12 Mark II with EdgeTX and Express LRS First Look

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  • Опубликовано: 19 ноя 2024

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  • @Zbair99
    @Zbair99 2 года назад +2

    John, good to see you back and posting new content. Very cool radio, a mini-TX16, and looks so compact in your hands. Nice review!!

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      Thanks for checking-in Bill. Glad to be back.

  • @Heywood-----Jablomeh
    @Heywood-----Jablomeh 2 года назад +1

    Great rewiew! Glad to see you making videos again John!

  • @pfeerick
    @pfeerick 2 года назад +4

    Great review. On the battery compartment... They went from "so tight you can barely get the battery out" to "baby rattle loose"... but I think that was so you could use to 21700 5000mah battery pack with it ;) if you look closer at the battery compartment, you'll also see a cutout for the XT30 lead. And if we modelers can't figure out how to stop the rattle with a piece of foam, we shouldn't be in the hobby! 🤣 While I also wouldn't have minded the pots on the top for sound and brightness, at the same time I think we're expecting too much TX16S and starting to clutter an otherwise well spaced out layout.

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      The battery thing is an easy fix which begs the question why wasn't it fixed. As a reviewer if I don't call that type of thing out, I get called out.
      Controlling volume is just kludgy without a knob. I've used the firmware to work around this ruclips.net/video/NqL6yUOfNPU/видео.html but nothing beats a physical apparatus to control volume. Just an opinion though. I'm sure plenty of people get by on plenty of radios without using a knob.

    • @theoztreecrasher2647
      @theoztreecrasher2647 2 года назад +3

      @@RCVideoReviews Newest shipped models have a couple of bits of what looks like pool noodle foam to hold the battery tray centered. Looks like they're listening. 😉

    • @mayoniaise5169
      @mayoniaise5169 2 года назад +3

      @@theoztreecrasher2647 I confirm, just received mine and I have some foam inside ;)

  • @hspeed8080
    @hspeed8080 2 года назад +2

    Glad your back making these great reviews. Think I need a couple of these momentary switches for my TX16s but would be nice to have small ones like in the Zorro. Be great for timer rest or auto trim. Again glad your back and all the help this morning.

  • @williamcox3852
    @williamcox3852 2 года назад

    Very good review John. Glad to see you back. Keep up the good work.

  • @MrZeek101
    @MrZeek101 2 года назад +1

    Another great review John it's good to see you back I agree with some of the flaws in it but all around it looks like a pretty good radio take care

  • @clintonking4086
    @clintonking4086 2 года назад

    Glad you are back John, missed your weekly video's :)

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      Thanks for watching. Glad to be back on my feet.

  • @димаватсон-у3п
    @димаватсон-у3п Год назад

    Thanks for the reviev ! But how to set up failsave ? Tx 12 mark 2 and Rx ep1 happimodel. Nowhere inthe settings.

  • @sigh_of_the_times
    @sigh_of_the_times Год назад +1

    Thanks for the video I think it's a cool radio that I really think I might get it for my small planes I do have a couple bigger planes on my TX16S but I'm having issues with getting firmware upgrade because my laptop doesn't seem to have STM32 bootloader so I'm stuck and I want to thank you for warning me about bootloader on one of your other videos or I would never have known what the problem was.
    So thank you for the video on the tx12 MK2 I think I'm going to order it until I get the other one updated.

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  Год назад

      You're welcome. FYI: You can remove the SD card from the radio, put it in your PC like other SD cards and copy the firmware to it. Put the card back in the radio and flash from the radio without ever using the USB connection.

    • @sigh_of_the_times
      @sigh_of_the_times Год назад

      @@RCVideoReviews thank you very much I will give that a try.

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  Год назад

      Put the firmware binary in the FIRMWARE folder on the card.

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  Год назад

      This should help. ruclips.net/user/liveLItyAkJlcdU?feature=share

    • @sigh_of_the_times
      @sigh_of_the_times Год назад

      @@RCVideoReviews I did it just like you said and now I have the latest and greatest
      Edgetx vers: V2. 8.4 flying Dutchman.
      Thank you very much.

  • @Mr_Meaty
    @Mr_Meaty Год назад

    I meant to comment last month when my tx12 arrived, but I wanted to mention that I purchased direct from Radiomaster along with their lipo battery, and it came installed in the tray with some very snug foam in there. Not sure if the foam is new or they did it just because I bought the battery along with it, but no rattles here!

  • @4eyesfpv84
    @4eyesfpv84 2 года назад +1

    nice videa john great first timer radio, might grab one to have for a trainer radio!

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      Yeah, they're decent little radios for probably a lot of use cases--including a bluetooth joystick for sims via elrs. Neat stuff.

  • @santhoshmamidisetti
    @santhoshmamidisetti Год назад

    Hello nice tutorial, but I must say I am in a deep trouble , hoping you guys could help me ,I am very new to this field , this is my first build with Pixhawk 2.4.8 and Mission planner. I am planning to buy TX12 Mark II Radio Controller (ELRS version) , please help me choose a receiver, I am unable to figure out what is needed for my quadcopter and also what is the difference between RP1 ,RP2,RP3 ELRS Nano Receivers and ER4 ER6 ER8 2.4GHz ELRS PWM receivers? please help me and also do I only have to buy the receiver or any other extra hardware with it ?

  • @davidknutz3314
    @davidknutz3314 2 года назад

    We missed you Bud!

  • @cesarango01
    @cesarango01 8 месяцев назад

    Charging and battery holder are minute issues. #1 While charging; even if the port was on the bottom, you would still lie it on the back. #2 Battery holder; just cut-off a custom piece of foam. Or use the sponge landing pads that you buy in a box.

  • @flat-earther
    @flat-earther Год назад

    is it possible to add an external UART to this radio?

  • @daniel_brailovsky
    @daniel_brailovsky Год назад

    Hey!
    Thanks for the video.
    How can I bind TX12 Mark II to RadioMaster R88?
    Maybe you have any tutorial for this?

  • @nadrojgansi1345
    @nadrojgansi1345 2 года назад

    Hi! I have the elrs version of TX 12Mk2 only to find out it does't have MULTI protocol(at leat in the radio setting). I only see CSFR (the elrs receiver I ordered is on the way yet so I cant test the crossfire part). Am I correct to say it really doesn't support other protocol? Then, playing with the EdgeTX Companion, I accidentally, was able to set "MULTI" in the internal RF of the radio! I got excited but sadly I had no luck binding both Radiomaster and flysky receivers to it. I might be doing it wrong (binding) or is it just a setting glitch and the radio is still saying " I'm ELRS only"? i feel bummed I cant use the radiomaster receiver I just bought. Thanks in advance.

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад +1

      If you bought an ELRS version of the radio, you can only bind with ELRS receivers.

    • @nadrojgansi1345
      @nadrojgansi1345 2 года назад

      @@RCVideoReviews thank you. I need a multiprotocol module then. I hate to part ways with the cheap Flysky receivers I have.

  • @terminsane
    @terminsane 2 года назад +1

    Tbh i prefer the mpm internal. Then you get a full power module for elrs, and also can fly anything else.

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      Full power as in 1 watt? You flying to the moon? There isn't a MPM option in the MKII TX12.

  • @Jesse-qg7hp
    @Jesse-qg7hp 2 года назад

    Ty for your Knowledge.... So I just recieved this radio and bought an External Frsky Module. Watching this vid and now I think I should of purchased the Muli Module instead? See I have most Expfress but a couple of my first crafts are frsky! Any help would be greatly appreciated

    • @Jesse-qg7hp
      @Jesse-qg7hp 2 года назад

      So another words which protocols work with this radio, The Frsky Lua scripts that are on here and tbs lua? They put these different naming Frsky Lua's but don't explain what there for or what they work with? As if its a secret or something lol...

  • @davidpaker626
    @davidpaker626 2 года назад

    Hello John welcome back good video

  • @odwatchguy
    @odwatchguy 2 года назад

    Thank you for the first look at this radio. I am not very tech knowledgeable but after watching your channel for the last several months have been wanting to try the radiomaster radios. After being away for 20+ years I just bought a used Spektrum to get started flying again. Do you think this would be good for a place to start for someone with limited funds?

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      It definitely would be a good option if you have limited funds. That was actually one of my conclusions at the end of the video. As long as you understand its limitations: Fewer switches, smaller form factor, internal ELRS vs standard 4-in-1.

  • @valkery8068
    @valkery8068 2 года назад +1

    Great review!

  • @kardady
    @kardady Год назад

    Thanks for this cool review, man 👍

  • @theoztreecrasher2647
    @theoztreecrasher2647 2 года назад

    A couple of things not made completely clear John. I presume by the look of the socket internally that the trainer socket has been changed from that stupid 4-gang odd plug to a standard 3-gang audio plug compatible with FRSky, Spektrum etc? Also are the back mounted additional push buttons plugged in in place of an existing switch or into a spare socket on the board? If the latter, where?

    • @pfeerick
      @pfeerick 2 года назад +1

      The momentary and latching buttons are for the TX16Smk2, not the TX12 ;) On the tx16smk2 there is a hole on the back that has a rubber stopper fitted, which you can remove to fit one of the switched, as well as extra sockets on the main board.

    • @theoztreecrasher2647
      @theoztreecrasher2647 2 года назад +1

      @@pfeerick Oops, my mistake again! I thought that I had seen someone pull a rubber bung out of the back of one of these somewhere. Obviously been watching too much RUclips lately! 🙄
      Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow Peter. 👍👍🙃

    • @pfeerick
      @pfeerick 2 года назад +1

      @@theoztreecrasher2647 maybe for the mk3... Would be a nice option

  • @GazzaJollyRoger8152
    @GazzaJollyRoger8152 2 года назад

    💯Awesome review, thank you!

  • @natepahl7656
    @natepahl7656 Год назад

    I just got this and a tiny ape and am struggling hard... do I need to update the software immediately??

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  Год назад

      The only thing you really need to do with software is to make sure your ELRS tx and rx are running the same versions. The firmware that comes with the TX12 is fine.

  • @josepharthurl2191
    @josepharthurl2191 2 года назад

    Comrade: I heard you weren't well, I'm relieved to see you back on the air & hope you are feeling better.
    I love that EdgeTX is already installed out of the gate. I currently have Jumper T18 & I'm wondering if the board inside the radio featured in this video would support a touchscreen mod upgrade as easily as my jumpert18, which was basically plug in the digitizer and desolder a coupe resistors off the board or if the touchscreen mod would be major surgery. On the jumper T18, touchscreen mod was a simple operation not unlike a vasectomy,: get a local anesthetic & of a couple snips, afterwards you can touch to your hearts content, but, iif the radiomaster isn't so easy we are looking at a heart transplant type operation and I'm sure the patient will expire on the table. Is there an expansion plug for a digitizer on the board for this radiomaster?

    • @pfeerick
      @pfeerick 2 года назад

      No, there is no touchscreen support onboard, and even if there was, there is no software support for it *at all*. The t18 was possible because it was actually designed for that from the start (although jumper did botch the job - hence the resistor mod, which is why they didn't officially add touch support).

    • @josepharthurl2191
      @josepharthurl2191 2 года назад +1

      @@pfeerick gracias, Peter. Took me quite a while to find anything helpful regarding why it didn't work right away when I plugged in the digitizer on my T18 jumper. I felt quite mislead as I thought the touchscreen was already ready already when I bought the thing & only awaiting software support:. I forget the exact wording but that's basically what the marketing wank read regarding touch support on the j T18. I likely would have pulled the trigger on the Radiomaster had I known at the time.
      Pity about this radio, but I bet subsequent touch radios from radiomaster will feature Edge out of the box & I'll get one of those. Thanks again

    • @pfeerick
      @pfeerick 2 года назад +1

      "marketing wank" is spot on... They said something like "touch screen ready" (well as vague enough references you thought that like the TX16S it was just waiting software support) and were promising digitiser panel and "HD" display upgrades... neither of which eventuated.

    • @josepharthurl2191
      @josepharthurl2191 2 года назад

      @@pfeerick "Marketing Wank" credit 'Arduino vs. Evil' (AvE) ruclips.net/user/arduinoversusevil2025
      I have to send him a quarter every time I use those words. DANGIT! Now I owe him $.50!

  • @anthonysykora7660
    @anthonysykora7660 10 месяцев назад

    I just bought this transmitter,can I use any receiver and can you show how to bind,I'm used of using a spectrum radio

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  10 месяцев назад

      You can't use DSM with an ELRS transmitter.

  • @Krizon4
    @Krizon4 2 года назад

    I am wondering if it is possible to install the ELRS module into TX12-mark I ?

    • @pfeerick
      @pfeerick 2 года назад +1

      Yes, you can use pretty much any JR bay module with the original TX12. But if you mean to get the internal one out of the TX12, I would suggest not as it is basically a one board deign.

  • @G3A3
    @G3A3 2 года назад +2

    why no 4 in 1 version mk 2

    • @sansjunk
      @sansjunk 2 года назад +1

      I was hoping for a 4-in-1 as well to replace my Jumper T-lite.

    • @timeatak5248
      @timeatak5248 2 года назад

      Agreed. But I’m guessing because they want to sell 4-1 TX16s with ELRS modules. And because the FPV drone guys are their main customer and they ALL want longer range.

  • @mheckpool
    @mheckpool Год назад

    i bought it for sim now im thinking what quad can i use on it . im new and dumb about soldering 🤣

  • @tom-was
    @tom-was 2 года назад

    I wonder if it's possible to assign momentary switch A to Volume Down and switch D to Volume Up

  • @FireChicken747
    @FireChicken747 2 года назад

    I have a question. I’m brand new to the hobby and I’m looking for a good transmitter to buy
    and the question I want to ask is that, you showed that it has Elrs installed but is the Fs in their also another receiver or is that something else and do you need to get another module to work with other drones?

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      I really don't understand this question...

    • @FireChicken747
      @FireChicken747 2 года назад

      Sorry I put this wrong. Is Elrs the only pre installed module on their or are their others on their

    • @FireChicken747
      @FireChicken747 2 года назад

      I’m new to this stuff so I still have a lot of learning to do

    • @sansjunk
      @sansjunk 2 года назад +1

      @@FireChicken747 The ELRS comes only with the ELRS internal module. You can buy and install an external multi-protocol module at the back to open up a whole lot of options to fly many models. I bought an IRange IRX4 MPM module to do just that.

  • @paolo9535
    @paolo9535 2 года назад

    Tks for the video did you mention edge tx 2.8 ? I'm i right ?

    • @pfeerick
      @pfeerick 2 года назад

      Yex, because 2.8 is the next development version. It has not been released yet.

  • @coldude2559
    @coldude2559 2 года назад

    Which one should I get to pair it up with a spectrum receiver on a plane?

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      You need the 4in1 to bind with dsm/dsmx.

  • @as1asim
    @as1asim 2 года назад

    Hi there,i have a question or u can say confusion.i got my tx12 mk2 and the first mistake I made,i powered on the radio without the antenna,i actually forgot to install then as soon as I hear the welcome mssg i realise the antenna is not there so i quickly shut it down,will it harm the radio for that?it's still working tho but no idea what goin on inside.

    • @sansjunk
      @sansjunk 2 года назад +2

      You should be fine. On first power up the default model should have no module selected so RF should be off.

    • @as1asim
      @as1asim 2 года назад +1

      @@sansjunk actually it was not the very first time,my bad i forgot to mention i actually checked when i got the radio it was binded to someone else's quad for checking then i detached the antenna and leave it in the box then after i got my quad,now this time when i powered it on the antenna was not there.Thats y m scared tho as I mentioned it's still working but is there any way that i can check if everything is fine by signal strength or something?

    • @sansjunk
      @sansjunk 2 года назад +2

      @@as1asim Ah OK. I believe you should still be fine since you didn't leave it powered ON without the antenna for too long and hopefully the ELRS module was set to low power (10mW). You can do a range check by setting it to low power and then walking away and ensuring you still have a good LQ and are able to control the model.

    • @as1asim
      @as1asim 2 года назад +2

      @@sansjunk yes it was set to 10mw,it was like under 4-5secs.Thnkx man🙂🙌

  • @heklik
    @heklik 4 месяца назад

    Can it bind on a DSM2 receiver, ?
    my old dx6i LCD got damaged .

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  4 месяца назад

      I think you need a Boxer with a 4-in-1. TX12 with ELRS does not work with DSMxx

  • @roberttruesdell6151
    @roberttruesdell6151 2 года назад

    Can you use the AG01 mini gimbals in this?

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      www.radiomasterrc.com/products/ag01-mini-cnc-hall-gimbals-for-tx12-zorro?sca_ref=1523724.rIJKzhlll7

  • @jasonhurdlow6607
    @jasonhurdlow6607 2 года назад

    Will the battery for the TX16S work in the TX12 ?

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      They use the same 18650 tray. I haven’t tried stuffing the radiomaster 5000 2s in the tx12 but I think it would fit.

    • @jasonhurdlow6607
      @jasonhurdlow6607 2 года назад +1

      According to their web-site it looks like it does.

    • @jingadin5181
      @jingadin5181 2 года назад

      yes it does i have both with the same 7.2v lipo

  • @madladdan
    @madladdan 2 года назад

    What's the max power of that elrs module?

  • @madladdan
    @madladdan Год назад

    They should have just allowed you to upgrade the v1 tx12. I like my radio more with the dual charge, comm usb C port. I like the grips more on mine. I just wish it had ELRS instead of the useless multiprotocol module.

  • @jasonhurdlow6607
    @jasonhurdlow6607 2 года назад

    Seems really drone focused (ELRS)... hard to find receivers for fixed-wing. Radiomaster doesn't even seem to make one. What gives?

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад +1

      Hang tight. The ELRS world is in the middle of some game changing events. 3.0 is going to be very disruptive.

  • @paolo9535
    @paolo9535 2 года назад

    Is 2.8 sarebbe to fly ?

    • @pfeerick
      @pfeerick 2 года назад +2

      For B&W radios, it should be, as they hadn't had as many changes as the colorlcd radios. But as with any pre-release firmware build, do the bench tests to make ensure everything is working as expected.

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад +1

      I wouldn't hesitate to fly it.
      I have a degree of faith in the Edge team and Radiomaster. I don't believe they would release a firmware on a production radio that had untested core features. There are a lot of new features coming in 2.8 for color radios with LVGL, but that doesn't apply to these mono targets.

  • @nerdCopter
    @nerdCopter 2 года назад

    +1👍 💪

  • @cgcgcg
    @cgcgcg 2 года назад

    To clarify, the max wattage for the ELRS module is 100mw. It's true that even at 100mw ELRS has great range, but the fact the that this limit was barely eluded to implies that RM and the reviewer(s) know that this limit is not very marketable.

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад +2

      Just about everything you said is wrong.
      The max power is 250mw not 100mw.
      ELRS is so good even at 10mw I don't bother setting mine any higher than 100mw--especially for LOS. So even if the max were 100mw, it would be more than enough unless you plan on flying many many miles away.
      Is "barely eluded to" different than "directly shown" or are they the same thing because it was directly shown in this video.
      There is no conspiracy in place. 100mw is fine, and the module provides 250mw.

    • @pfeerick
      @pfeerick 2 года назад +3

      It is, is it? So why does my mk2 let me set it to 250mw? Lol. John just happen to stop at 100mw in the video, it's not the max! It would however be nice if RM actually mentioned the wattage on the store page.

    • @cgcgcg
      @cgcgcg 2 года назад +1

      @@RCVideoReviews My apologies for the implications. I was/am referring to 6:34 ~, where you go to 100mw and stop. Granted, at some point, I may have tuned out - squirrel!.. I really don't see where you said 250mw.
      10mw is OK for LOS, I use it often at the park. I'm not a math scientist, but my thought was/is higher MWs is better for penetration; like flying around parking garages, etc. No? I mean, what If I wanted to fly to the center of the Earth, would 250mw be enough?
      At the very mostest I was being a teensy bit sardonic before. and now. and probably later.

    • @cgcgcg
      @cgcgcg 2 года назад +1

      @@pfeerick Yes sir. I went searching and didn't see it - a month ago. I appreciate the info :) .

  • @paolo9535
    @paolo9535 2 года назад

    Sorry safe

  • @FASTFREDDIE-R.C.
    @FASTFREDDIE-R.C. 2 года назад +1

    First

  • @rct2
    @rct2 2 года назад

    Its SOLDER not SODER arghghghghghghhhh

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  2 года назад

      I suppose you think it's alieu mini uhm too? Don't worry, you'll start getting it right if you hang around long enough.

    • @rct2
      @rct2 2 года назад +2

      @@RCVideoReviews lol yes it is. But I will let you off.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Год назад

      @@rct2 LoL
      BTW rct2, have you become a flat earther yet?

    • @rct2
      @rct2 Год назад

      @@flat-earther not yet soz

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther Год назад

      @@rct2 okay. BTW rct2, what do you think about all gubments drawing a line around you(Antarctic Treaty) and saying you are not allowed to leave? If you don't know what I mean, read my about tab.

  • @fcolon1976
    @fcolon1976 5 месяцев назад

    What are momentary switches used for? some examples please and thanks

    • @RCVideoReviews
      @RCVideoReviews  5 месяцев назад

      If you search my channel for "momentary" you'll find a handful of examples. Start with this one: ruclips.net/video/O0ijk41jJWo/видео.html

    • @fcolon1976
      @fcolon1976 5 месяцев назад

      @@RCVideoReviews ok, will do thank you!!! 😊