ORIGINAL: Bax
I have a digital camera with a lot of options, modes, and settings. The instructions tell how to operate and access each one. They do not tell me how to take great pictures with those options. I can set shutter speed or aperture, or both, and the manual tells me how. It does not tell me what settings are appropriate for a picture I want to take. Same for ''film speed'' settings, and so forth. I have several books on digital photography to teach me those things.
We're working on getting enough information out so that people can acquire the mindset needed to program the transmitter. Once you're familiar with that, the programming comes naturally and easily, for the most part.
As far as requests for a manual that gives examples of all contingencies.....well, it's not going to happen. The transmitters are just too versatile for that. We can show how to set something up in a general manner, and then the modeler is expected to extrapolate from that to their specific model.
If I may, Bax, I will quote two portions of your post.
The first one about having several books on photography to teach you about it. Yes, but... where are the complementary books on setting models on a Futaba radio to do that?
The problem with manuals (both Futaba and cameras) is that the message is "to do that, do this...", no indication why you want to do that.
The second is yes, I agree, they are really versatile transmitters. Amazingly versatile to the point that I always say you can do the same setup two or three different ways.
I must say I am very comfortable with the programming because I reached the "aha! point" after a lot of fiddling. And I also must say that many people do not take the time to try to understand the basics. Just want results. But at the same time I posit that the manual has too many "to exit this menu do this" (in every programming step!) instead of trying to explain, at least moderately, what it means to use that option.
By analyzing the questions posted in these forums and the ones at Futaba's Web site is easy to see that there is a barrier to get started and once the simple setups are solved the questions are not for complex programming anymore with just a few exceptions.