Century 41 Autopilot - what's your opinion?

[Martin H]

I've never flown behind / with one of these, how do you like the 41?

 

What are the things to enjoy?

 

What are the things to watch?

 

What are its plusses and minuses?

 

Does it / can it operate effectively with a 530W and HSI?

 

Thanks,

 

   Martin

[RocketAviator]

Martin,

I flew over 800 hrs with a Century 41 Autopilot, a great autopilot, solid as a rock, no minus.  I especially like the factory service department manager Matt.  He is very helpful and provided good service the only time I had to have work done on my unit. My Saratoga with the C41 was coupled to a 530W and Sandel 3500.  Great combo for my missions which included a lot of IFR!

[jax88]

I've got a Century 41 in my '75 M20F, integrated with a new Garmin 650.  I am sometimes caught off guard by the course corrections, but otherwise I am very happy with it.  With the gps integration it will follow my flight plan, hold altitude, fly holding patterns, approaches, etc.  I often use it on climb out and descent using the attitude feature.  As you can see from the flight tracking on flightaware.com for my aircraft, it holds a heading and altitude very well (disregarding the most recent flight from Kimball County to Stinson - the turbulence was constant all the way from Silver City, NM to San Antonio).