A complex aircraft is defined as an aircraft having retractable landing gear and a controllable pitch propeller. I found a Piper Arrow that was renting for a decent rate and scheduled a flight with a CFI to begin the process of my complex endorsement.
Really you have two more levers - a landing gear lever and a propellor control lever. Since I have had some time in the Cirrus, I was familiar with manifold pressure and quickly adapted to the additional instrument.
The flight went really well. We spent about a half hour on the ground going through systems (landing gear is controlled by a hydraulic system) and the V speeds along with the manifold pressure and RPM settings that correspond to different stages of flight in the traffic pattern.
Flight time: 1.3
Total time: 84.4
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