An autopilot is either "nice to have" or "very nice to have"
depending on the flying you do. I operate a 1964
Aztec which has the orginal Altimatic II autopilot
system still installed and maked as "INOP" when
I bought the airplane. I flew it 400 hours without
even trying it. I fainlly decided to see it I could make
it work, and did. It is definately much nicer to fly with
the autopilot working, but I flew it for 400 hours without,
so it can be done.

Concerning cost, I'd guess the minimum would be around
$5K for a simple single axis wing leveler system. A quote
for a new S-Tec fully-featured system for my Aztec came in
at $25K as of Nov 2006.

In general, it cost less to buy an airplane with the equippment
that you want already installed as compared to having to pay
for the installation.

Ronnie


"E Andersen" wrote in message
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Hi guys

I'm still searching for a twin comanche, there is quite a lot available
here in Florida for around 70-80k, it looks
to me that most do not have an autopilot, would this be a concern of
yours? What about installing an autopilot, is
that way to expensive, or should I go up in price a bit?

Anyone looked at any of those Twinco's here in Florida?

Erik