So I hate to constantly be the bearer of good news however:
I updated the firmware last night and the only hitch was having to re-bind. That took a little while.
The clock now is the right time, we will see in a day or two if it stays that way.
Connection to the typhoon has gone from a minute and 10 seconds to 37 seconds. I am pretty impressed.
The only downside to the firmware that I have seen so far: previously at the same site I had the bird out to 2500 feet. Last night on the only flight I've been able to fit in so far I started getting scrambled video to the ST 16 at about 1600 feet. I hope that they have not shortened the range in the firmware. I will fly again at the same site on another day and see if the issue still remains.
The camera does seem to be improved however. The video below is raw, shot in Gorgeous mode. 4k 30fps. I did edit the timeline slightly, however there is no color correction or white balance corrections to this video.