Narrative:

While on climbout from ZZZ; I activated the autopilot at about 2.2 nm from ZZZ by pushing the reverse course and uploading it to the GNS-530. The autopilot engaged and then turned the plane from the runway heading of 260 to a heading of 217 to intercept the course at heading of 241. When the autopilot turned to course 241 I was at about 3;000 feet MSL and was entering r-xxxx. About 30 seconds later I realized my that I was in r-xxxx and took action to climbout of r-xxxx to the min altitude of 3;999 feel MSL. I was able to climb above 4;000 feet in about 30 seconds and climbed out the R-2XXXX. During this time I was still on ZZZ unicom. I was not able to communicate with ZZZ TRACON well past r-xxxx. I do not know if r-xxxx was active when I flew through it...and I did not ask ATC when I received flight following to ZZZ1 a few minutes later.this violation of airspace was caused by two actions: 1- on my flight out; I used a feature of foreflight to plot out the procedure to enter the traffic pattern on runway xx. When foreflight plotted this course out it went around r-xxxx. When I reversed the course to take me back to ZZZ1; foreflight plotted me directly through r-xxxx. My failure to fully understand how the software works and making an assumption that it would take me back on the same course around r-xxxx was an error in my judgment.2- my lack of situational awareness played a large part in this. During the climbout the air was turbulent and I was getting bumped around a bit. This in combination with trying to change the radio to ZZZ TRACON; I lost track of where I was at and made assumptions about where I was flying. I fell into the trap of trusting the autopilot but not verifying where it was going.my lessons learned for this flight are as follows:1- when plotting a return course; do not attempt to do it in the air; take 5 minutes and do it on the ground verifying that the course is what I expect and does not take me where I am not supposed to be. In other words; slow down for I was trying to get back to the airport at a certain time to meet someone...I should have kept them waiting 5 minutes as I did a proper flight plan home.2- I have not been flying a lot in the last 6 month (covid-19 has seen to that) and I was feeling a little behind the plane on this flight. I should have brought a CFI or a safety pilot with me to check me and help me regain my proficiency.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reported entering restricted airspace and referenced lack of flying as a contributing factor.

Narrative: While on climbout from ZZZ; I activated the autopilot at about 2.2 nm from ZZZ by pushing the reverse course and uploading it to the GNS-530. The autopilot engaged and then turned the plane from the runway heading of 260 to a heading of 217 to intercept the course at heading of 241. When the autopilot turned to course 241 I was at about 3;000 feet MSL and was entering R-XXXX. About 30 seconds later I realized my that I was in R-XXXX and took action to climbout of R-XXXX to the min altitude of 3;999 feel MSL. I was able to climb above 4;000 feet in about 30 seconds and climbed out the R-2XXXX. During this time I was still on ZZZ UNICOM. I was not able to communicate with ZZZ TRACON well past R-XXXX. I do not know if R-XXXX was active when I flew through it...and I did not ask ATC when I received flight following to ZZZ1 a few minutes later.This violation of airspace was caused by two actions: 1- On my flight out; I used a feature of Foreflight to plot out the procedure to enter the traffic pattern on Runway XX. When Foreflight plotted this course out it went around R-XXXX. When I reversed the course to take me back to ZZZ1; Foreflight plotted me directly through R-XXXX. My failure to fully understand how the software works and making an assumption that it would take me back on the same course around R-XXXX was an error in my judgment.2- My lack of situational awareness played a large part in this. During the climbout the air was turbulent and I was getting bumped around a bit. This in combination with trying to change the radio to ZZZ TRACON; I lost track of where I was at and made assumptions about where I was flying. I fell into the trap of trusting the autopilot but not verifying where it was going.My lessons learned for this flight are as follows:1- When plotting a return course; do not attempt to do it in the air; take 5 minutes and do it on the ground verifying that the course is what I expect and does not take me where I am not supposed to be. In other words; slow down for I was trying to get back to the airport at a certain time to meet someone...I should have kept them waiting 5 minutes as I did a proper flight plan home.2- I have not been flying a lot in the last 6 month (COVID-19 has seen to that) and I was feeling a little behind the plane on this flight. I should have brought a CFI or a safety pilot with me to check me and help me regain my proficiency.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.