Brian,

I'm really trying to find
the meaning of life by asking what kind of autopilot folks use.


That's easy: 42, of course ;-)

I'm sorry if I did not bring it across very well (and possible sounding
annoyed, which I didn't intend to at all), but I'd really like to know
what you're aiming at with that broad a question which IMHO is bound to
deliver results that are not comparable. I just don't understand,
that's all.

FWIW, S-TEC 50.

Oh, and with regard to some of the answers in the thread, it might be
of interest that here in Germany, single-pilot IFR flying is only
allowed in an airplane with an operating two-axis autopilot.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)