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Old 24th Feb 2008, 16:07
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RoyHudd

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Autopilots.

Hand-flying is much more tiring than performing the same tasks with A/P engaged. The reasons for installation of A/P or dual A/P's in an aircraft are many-fold, (safety, economy, ride quality to name a few), obvious to professional pilots, and clearly confusing to many others. A/P's are integral but not isolated parts of a much bigger picture of flight automation.
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