Nick1, yes that was the normal way to not let automation take your airplane away from you. I loved how two clicks on a Boeing made you a J3 cub again and let you fly like a real pilot, not a computer monitor guy. My first job was flying a super cub crop dusting flying under power lines and brushing tree limbs. Never forgot the basics and never let automation fly my airplane other than how I wanted it flown. Worked great for 23,000 hrs until I wore out at 60.