One more little setback....resolved
Well, I took that trip up to Stephensville on Sunday with Louise to meet up with a bunch of Texas RVs. It was a great flight up. Paul decided to fly the Valkyrie, so I practiced some formation flying and everything was smooth and perfect. On the ramp, I saw lots of other RVs and their owners. Some were pretty famous, like Flash and Beautiful Doll. It was interesting to see the reaction of all the folks as they came over to check me out and tell me how handsome I now look. In fact, the group shunned all the other famous planes (Doug said there were too many photos of the Doll) and took their group photo in front of me!
However, when we first departed Stephensville, my elevator trim wasn't functioning. This caused Louise to grumble and she made me hold back at 16 inches for the entire flight back 'cause she said the stick was too hard to hold forward at higher speeds. Fortunately, my new autopilot helped her out, but it wasn't strong enough to hold altitude by itself even at 16 inches. Paul called it travelling at Skyhawk speed. The Val had to fly off my wing on the way back, but she kept showing off....passing under and back. Boy, she can be annoying! They tell me that she will soon be my new step-sister and I understand that little sisters usually are annoying. So, I'll have to get used to it.
Back at Paul's hanger today, he and Dr. Hose took my floor panel out and discovered that pulling the connector off and re-seating it put my trim back in action. Paul then tie-wrapped the connector (or is that disconnector?) together and they buttoned me up. I guess there are always little, unintended issues caused by any significant procedure. Not too bad in the scheme of things.