New to group, taking a quick survey...

"Peter R." wrote in message
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Brian O wrote:

All you private pilots, what kind of autopilot do you use? Thanks.

Looks like there are a lot of heros in this group.

I fly a lot of single pilot IFR in the northeast US and my Bonanza is
equipped with an S-TEC 60-2 with altitude hold. I use it often for
straight and level cruise, but then again I am flying at least three times
a week for commuting and charity.

Once in a great while I will use it to fly an instrument approach, but
that
is perhaps one out of every thirty approaches or so and only to practice
the correct button sequencing.

The Bonanza has a lot of wiggle in turbulence and I am considering adding
a
yaw damper, which would theoretically provide more comfort for passengers.

I shudder to imagine flying a V-tail without a yaw damper.

I have a YD in my KFC-200, but in the straight tail, you hardly notice it.
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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO (MTJ)

Matt Barrow wrote:

I shudder to imagine flying a V-tail without a yaw damper.

I suspect there are many more V-tails flying without YDs than with. For
the pilot and copilot, it really isn't a problem, though. The pilot and
co-pilot seats are pretty much directly over the vertical axis, so the
yawing motion is relatively light. Moving backwards, however, this
sensation increases substantially. Add to that a passenger who is
unaccustomed to the motion and barf bags better be within reach.

Now that I am considering installing the fifth seat in the luggage area for
my third boy, the priority to purchase and install a YD has been elevated.


--
Peter