Originally Posted by
JerrySpringer
E-Jet FD works great, and does exactly what you tell it. At RW, F/D and AP use are VERY HIGHLY encouraged.
It's VERY important to know EXACTLY what the airplane should be doing, and how to program it to do that.
It's a simple plane to fly, but you need to know how it thinks. In G/S it's easy to get wrapped around the axel for automated flight, even though the application is much easier. Think about reading a book for Windows versus sitting down and clicking away. Same principle here.
Don't be intimidated and have fun!!!
I can teach you more in 5 minutes of hands on auto pilot experience, than i can in 8 hours of ground school shiz