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Old October 1st 05, 02:00 PM
Dylan Smith
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On 2005-09-30, Ron Garret wrote:
Not hands off, according to some Cirrus drivers.


It will fly level hands-off in roll (which is the axis that really
matters if you have to choose) but not in pitch at high speed -- at
least I have the very devil of a time trimming out the pitch. But YMMV.


Then again, a Piper Arrow generally won't do so either (all the Arrows I
find have had a fairly pronounced and slow phugoid oscillation. In fact,
I find the Beech Bonanza a lot less work to fly IFR than an Arrow
because the Bonana flies better hands-off).

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