Originally Posted by citationdrvrmob

The Encore has the Honeywell Primus 1000. FLC (or speed hold) sucks, especially at higher airspeeds, and green needles tend to not be tracked as well when faster than 180kias. I only use FLC when doing a non-precision approach, and there it works great. I don't have a company climb profile, but it is nice to be at MTOW and be at FL450 in 30min