I understand perfectly. Thats why the first sentence in this thread starts “…Im going to admit up front that this is a selfish request…”. I considered trying to re-word things to make it more palatable, or try to disguise the nature of what I was asking for. but that would make it even worse in my book.
I have been in your shoes many times. I can say with a clear conscience that I am an expert when it comes to RC flying models, and especially electric power systems. I cant count the number of times someone has approached me with a similar attitude/question - “Would you please design and build my plane for me?”.
My grandson is a perfect example. He said wanted to learn to fly models like I do. Except he didnt include the word “learn” in his request - I foolishly added that myself. When I realized what he really wanted, for me to build him a plane he could then fly and crash - and have me fix it for him - my reaction was just like yours. “If you dont want to learn the basics, and at least help build your own plane, I am not going to teach you to fly. Cant be done. You will never master it or get any good at it. You want your cake, but you want me to bake it for you.” Etc etc.
I understand perfectly because I have the same reaction when approached that way. Im sure most people are the same when asked for a wildly inequitable exchange.
I was hoping that making this a ‘community’ or open source type project, would help - at least to some degree. If several people were willing to contribute expertise to the effort, that would spread the pain around. I was also hoping someone would already be working on something close to this and be willing to share ideas, and code.
Thats still a huge and grossly un-fair thing to ask.
So, yeah. Dont feel bad for feeling like that. In this case, you’re normal and I am that ass.