I figured I could find some like minded people here!!
My particular airplane isn’t designed for aerobatics and probably won’t see over 4g’s, so no need to worry there…also, the “experimental” category brings with it lots of freedom to do as you please, but when a kit plane like Zenith, Vans, Sonex, etc., is built according to the factory specs they are extremely strong and safe! My particular plane has flown for 205 trouble free hours, and there are thousands just like it safely flying, so I do have confidence in the plane.
As far as the autopilot goes, having ‘auto throttle’ would be amazing, but that’s a lot of engineering and is usually only found on very expensive, bigger planes.
Typically, in a small plane like this, it’s the responsibility of the pilot to maintain airspeed, so the autopilot system would just control pitch and roll.