wheelnut,
i bought all the parts at www.offshoreelectrics.com the strut is the octura alum for 3/16 shaft, the flex cable is .130 octura, teflon tube, alum tube over that inside the boat, the prop shaft is 3/16 turned down to 1/8. the brackets are home depot alum angle cut to length then drilled, the rudder bracket is the stock mini v strut (cut off) and then a single bolt (so it flips up if anything gets hit) holding the rudder that was cut out of the alum angle. the motor is a motor max 450TH outrunner with no cooling, 3cell 1650 lipo, mamba 25 esc (with cooling)

as far as the strut, do you suggest changing the angle down more, or lowering the whole strut deeper, or both?

thanks,
john