RE: Rudder problems
It may be the offset of the motor. My father has one that I'm still building for him. When I slid the gearbox on for the first time, I noticed that it was off about 3 degrees to the left. I needed to sand and shim the stick mount a little to get about 2 degrees of right thrust. That may be your problem. That, or your rudder may not be straight.
Chris