Mxsmanic wrote:

Newps writes:


In GA planes, which is what we're talking about here, they all move.


All is a broad statement. Have you flown all GA planes?

Have you flown even one? Get back to us when you do.




There seems to be great variability in autopilot implementations,

There's almost none. A servo grabs a cable and pushes/pulls.


and
it is certainly possible to design one that does not move the yoke.

It's possible to design anything. But the yoke is directly connected to
the control surface by a cable. How the hell are you going to move a
control surface without moving the yoke?


Yes, really.


It seems that it would take quite a bit of stretching around the
windows to see exactly what the ailerons are doing on both wings,

It doesn't.