One of the tests after (significant) changes to an aircraft is a full flight test … before that..you just want to know “Does it still fly straight and level” .. without too much heaving on the stick.
A small test i did on Monday was to get up to around 2,000’… wind on the ground was varying between 11 and 18kts so it would be a bit stronger up there…. and LET GO !
Looking at little like a hijack (but no gun involved 😉) i trimmed, let go of the stick and did a 1 min 14 second turn….hands off .. just judicial use of a bit of rudder to coax her around
Jersey Sherwood Ranger 
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