Flying a 172 with Autopilot?

Of course this is all for piloting too.

Congrats on the weight loss -- but DILL PICKLES? C'mon, man, eat a
Golden Delicious apple, or a banana, or sumpin'...

;-)

It really is *all* about flying. Would I care so much if my blood
pressure was border-line high if it didn't threaten my medical?
Probably not. But it's a wonderful incentive to get -- and stay --
healthy.

Yet another benefit of aviation!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Thank you all for your advice, I was leaning toward an autopilot for safety
too, thx again.

Joe

Ever since I read Michael's post about all the failure modes which can
tip you over in a heartbeat, I've only allowed "Otto" to fly in VMC. I
hand-fly all the IMC--besides, I need/want the practise...

--
Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...

Of course this is all for piloting too.

Congrats on the weight loss -- but DILL PICKLES? C'mon, man, eat a
Golden Delicious apple, or a banana, or sumpin'...

;-)

It really is *all* about flying. Would I care so much if my blood
pressure was border-line high if it didn't threaten my medical?
Probably not. But it's a wonderful incentive to get -- and stay --
healthy.

Its has kept me from drinking a lot of beer. I always think if I have a beer
I cant fly, and you never know I may have to fly for who knows what.

Yet another benefit of aviation!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

You know, I expect this kind of stuff from the Left Coasters -- but
from a fellow-Wisconsinite?


Hey, watch it with the left coasters comments there Mr. H. You just
happen to have a couple of them as paying customers in the next few
weeks! :-)

Glad to see a little infighting between the Midwest folks. You go Jim B!

ducking

--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Jon Kraus wrote:

Congratulations on increasing your useful load...er, something like that.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

"Jay Honeck" wrote

You know, I expect this kind of stuff from the Left Coasters -- but
from a fellow-Wisconsinite?

That ain't right...

Well, Wisconsinite *does* rhyme with Aphrodite, doesn't it? g
--
Jim in NC

Only if you pronounce it Wisconsin-nightie'. To rhyme with Afro-ditee'.

Jim



"Morgans" wrote in message
...

"Jay Honeck" wrote

You know, I expect this kind of stuff from the Left Coasters -- but
from a fellow-Wisconsinite?

That ain't right...

Well, Wisconsinite *does* rhyme with Aphrodite, doesn't it? g
--
Jim in NC

("Jack Allison" wrote)
Hey, watch it with the left coasters comments there Mr. H. You just
happen to have a couple of them as paying customers in the next few weeks!
:-)


Prices fluctuate - last week Cub Foods had (yummy) bing cherries at
$1.48/pound. This week they're almost $4 again.

How much do we owe you Jay?
Let's see ...hey you're in luck. Grapes are only $1.29/pound over at the
Hy-Vee this week.

Actually, all Inn rates are tied to frozen concentrated orange juice futures
these days...g


Montblack

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:19:29 GMT, "VE5JL"
wrote:

Is there any one here flying a 172 using an autopilot?

I think on longer flights (3+ hours) and autopilot would be an advantage,
however there are some in the old school that think it is not necessary.

I'd like some opinions.

thx

Joe

I just tried using the AP on the C172SP I rent from the local FBO last
time I flew, about two weeks ago. I'd never actually used it during
training or in the two years since I got my pilots license, and I
always wanted to try it.

So two weeks ago I did the preflight checkout of the unit, and then
took off and climbed to 3000 feet. I punched in the "AP" button, the
"ALT" button and selected "Heading" as a choice. Then I sat back and
watched while it turned the few degrees needed to lock to the
Directional Gyro's heading and held it there while sticking precisely
to 3,000 feet. The morning was hot and moist and very very still so
the AP had little work to do once it got where it was set.

I tried moving the compass bug a bit to one side or the other and the
AP dutifully tracked to the new heading as it should. I did not try
using it to track the GPS or the VOR, although it could.

I can see this as being a really important tool when flying solo and
having to change frequencies or look one up or any of a number of
occasions when having the Auto Pilot on would be of valuable
assistance.

I'm seriously considering purchasing a non certified unit for my
homebuilt.

Corky Scott