When it comes to properly controlling airspeed and altitude there are a couple of schools of thought depending on which group of pilots you happen to be talking with. One subscribes to the idea that power management is all that’s really needed to control airspeed and altitude assuming the airplane is properly trimmed. The other group holds that airspeed is best controlled with pitch and altitude with power.
Either approach will work, but they have drawbacks as well, especially in turbulence when the slow response of power inputs can play havoc on your attempts to nail a target altitude and airspeed.
