Futaba T6K-V3 getting started advise requested

For my skittish models several folk have suggested using EXPO which was not available on my Futaba T6L sport. If I had a caffeine surplus then stick shake did express itself a bit.

I now have a Futaba T6K which supports exponential and would appear to make a nice espresso and probably has a mode for use in key-hole surgery.

The manual for the T6L sport was 24 pages. The trims were just sliders which didn't need more than a sentence to describe. Swapping between control layouts was a couple of dip switches. The print-out I have for Klippy's Futaba 6EX was 37 pages. The manual for the T6K is 166 pages. Goodness.... There are Futaba's that cost more than a thousand quid - I can't imagine the page count for those....

I have started looking around YouTube for discussions about EXPO. Any suggestions for initial values for my wing tip ailerons and elevator?

Now that I think of it other than reading those 166 pages a bunch of times and trying out combinations on-the-bench, what advise might the more expereienced folk suggest for easing into this greater level of complexity? -Jon

I don't know that particular model of radio - so I can't suggest any short-cuts for the set-up - other than to start with a fully-charged battery!
What I do with these computer radios is follow the instructions, and write down every step as I make it, recording what the setting read before and after you alter it - and see what happens. Then if it is wrong, you can undo it again, and try something else. If you use 'Manufacturer's reset' you lose ALL your settings, and have to begin again from scratch.
Expo quantity, I'd try 25% first, and see. (On my very fast Excalibur model, I use 50% - but you can play about with the numbers until you find a setting you like. You cannot hurt anything! Don't bother with tiny changes of say 1%, until you are almost at your preferred setting - change 5% at a time, and see).
If your screen shows a straight diagonal line from bottom left to top right, that is zero expo. You might also see a little cursor that shows where the stick position is (should be in the centre, and move about as you move the stick!) As you alter the level of expo, the straight line should grow a flatter bit in the middle - the flat bit being ACROSS! If it goes flat up and down, that's the wrong way! The more expo, the flatter it gets.
You have to alter each control in turn - not forgetting to 'save' it!

The idea is - the servo end travel is unchanged, but you have to move the stick further around the centre, to get a small movement of the servos, and as the stick goes further, the curve gets steeper until it 'catches up'.
This makes the servo reaction a lot more gentle around the centre of the stick movement, but you still have full deflection if you want it.
Rates - do something similar, but to get full travel on the servo, you have to remember which switch to use, in which direction! (Not a good thing when you have a panic attack in mid-crash!) :evil:

I have gradually tested out a number of the additional facilities on the Futaba. I must say for the distances I fly at the signal is rock solid and the batteries in the transmitter are lasting quite well. It works with my prior receivers so all I needed to do was to bind them.

I am glad that Tony got me started on Futaba. The 166 pages of the manual has turned out to not so bad as ~half the pages are related to copters of various types. The trim functions are largely the same as the prior model and having the antenna in the handle allows me not to worry about damage on the journey.