Let me agree on one point but suggest some disagreement on another. The agreement is that it's worth the expense to put in a reliable autopilot.
On the other hand, my impression from my own aircraft and the comments of other Skymaster owners is that the Cessna units (e.g, 400A) are reliable. Because of their age, there may come a time when the Cessna units may start misbehaving, but most of the time is the capacitors leaking. After 30+ years, seems understandable to me. Typically, a change of capacitors does the trick, and there are enough shops around still Cessna-savvy to do the job.
Do other Skymaster owners share this view or am I wrong?
Ernie
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