After doing a little research today, I understand why I the Nexstar flew like it did Sunday!

Other than fighting the autopilot, in turns, and in landing this plane is very stable. I landed it in a very bad crosswind with very little control input other than the down elevator. The crosswind was bad enough it was flipping planes over trying to taxi.

BUT! I will be flying this plane more in the future and I am not sure that if you in a AMA club with a "good" Intro pilot/trainer the autopilot is a good thing.

One of the biggest thing every trainer pilot should learn is how to recover a plane when it get's out of shape before he ever solo's.

Granted I know you can turn the autopilot down, take the speed brakes off, but we will be back at the same old thing, guy's buying trainers, trying them on their own, crashing them and wondering why!

Call me Old Fashioned I still believe to learn how to fly join a good AMA sanctioned club, learn from a seasoned pilot and save their money for that second plane.