RE: Automatic leveling systems?
I know of no competent (Key word) instructor who will agree to work with anyone using a Nexstar with that gimmick activated. In every case it steepens the learning curve and hinders the training process.
Now you want to use that one or several other similar devices to skip start your climb up the skills ladder, well it does not work that way if you start skipping rungs in the climb up the ladder then you are looking at a financial diasaster. Those skills can only be acheved 'one' step at a time and that applys to everyone. There is no such thing as a natural pilot, that is a myth. No one is born with the skills and knowledge that will be needed for success. To succeed you climb the ladder one step at a time or you fail.
John