Chuck wrote:

Manual trim isn't that bad but it seems a shame to lose a function
because of "attempted rape".

I don't know how much actual instrument flying you do, but in my Bonanza,
which is flown quite regularly in the Northeast US IMC, the trim wheel is
just low enough on the panel that it makes flying without a trim switch in
IMC a tad uncomfortable.

Last week my pitch computer of the AP was removed by avionics for some
maintenance. Not only did they INOP the AP, but they also disabled the
electric trim. On a round trip flight to across New England in IMC I
discovered how much I really missed that switch.


--
Peter