"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Turbulence can actually be more difficult on the autopilot. It
wants to hold you to course and altitude and tends to overcontrol
to stay there.

Some AP's require you to disengage during moderate or stronger turbulence.
There's also a big difference between rate-based and attitude-based.

Hand flying you're willing to take the slight
deviations because you know it will even out in the long term.

As long as one does not over compensate.