you wouldnt think that 5 in trim plates would be to mutch for a 60in boat but when i run it the first couple of times i will make that judgement better to test first than cut them down because you cant add back what you cut off lol and the rudder rod is plenty big it dont have no flex to it its bigger than it looks i had to increase the hole size on the servo 2 or 3 sizes !!THANKS!! for imput.