On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 19:58:10 GMT, David Megginson
wrote:

Roger Halstead writes:

Turn your head to the right and look down at charts and you will
have a tendency to do the same with the airplane. With "George"
doing the flying that doesn't happen. OTOH never forget to keep up
the scan...Although rare, George can make mistakes too and sometimes
some rather rapid ones.

As I mentioned, I'd love to install a wing leveller some day when I
have money available, so I'm not anti-autopilot. That said, this
particular problem is an easy one to avoid -- if you're messing with a
chart or plates or anything else, let go of the yoke. Touching it
cannot possibly do any good when you're not actually looking at the
attitude instruments.

That can work quite well, except when you are in some turbulence and
getting bounced around. It also depends on the airplane. On a smooth
day the Deb is a joy to hand fly, but it's pretty slipery. OTOH if it
gets really rough you turn off the autopilot and hand fly it any way.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)



All the best,


David