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23rd July 2008, 11:12 AM

On 07/23/08 06:51, thebigp@ wrote:
> On Jul 21, 3:05ï¿½pm, 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.

They're working on a plane for you and still won't respond to your
e-mail?

23rd July 2008, 11:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
Mark Hansen Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	Auto Pilots On 07/23/08 06:51, thebigp@ wrote: > On Jul 21, 3:05ï¿½pm, 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. They're working on a plane for you and still won't respond to your e-mail?