thebigp

On Jul 21, 3:05 pm, Paul kgyy <phkmn2...m> wrote:
> On Jul 20, 12:50 pm, "theb...@" <theb...@> wrote:
>
> > So I own a 1961 Cessna 172. She's a great little airplane, light on
> > fuel burn, and not too bad on the airspeed, although she could do
> > better. I want an autopilot to start taking her on long trips. I'm
> > trying to do it as cheaply as possible but still legal obviously.
> > Anyone know of autopilots that will at least keep the wings level,
> > maybe an altitude hold as well?
>
> Give the folks at AutoPilots Central a hail - maybe they have a
> serviceable Century 21 or something.
>
> My experience with wing levelers is that they still need frequent
> attention on long trips - being able to either read NAV or Heading
> input is a big help.

I gave an email to Auto Pilots Central last week with no response yet,
so I think I'll just have to call them or visit them when we pick up
our other plane they're working on.