Strut Angle and Placement

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And NONE of this takes into consideration the prop design, that can lift the ass, drag the ass, or have the bow doing a moon shot.

How do you explain high wire walking? You don't. You take some pointers, get the basics, and then get your ass on the wire.
One thing is for sure. Both have the same requirements for success. BALANCE!!!!

This is like asking "what's the best BBC engine build" and leaving lie there. Who can, or even wants to attempt to answer that question.

All riggings are a compromise. Forward thrust verses bow lift. Lets face it, the IDEAL THRUST angle would be parallel to the bottom of the boat.

What we do toady, is nothing like what they did in the early 60s, but the boats and the POWER aren't the same either. What was IDEAL then, down right sucks with today. Even if you were to rig a 1968 Rayson LP, it would be different than what they did then. But its not they didn't know, they weren't playing with 800-1000 HP. Mike Wallace's U7 marathon boat had 425 HP. and weighed 2500 fueled, and half the fuel sat next to him, not next to or behind the engine. The boat had no lifting strakes, and no rocker. Try putting a 8 degree shaft in that and you have a submarine.

Westernaero, I understand why you started these threads, and its a cool and noble idea. The site needs SOMETHING to kick start some conversation outside the sandbox. This after all a boat site.
I think OG was COMPLETELY out of line in crashing Tish's train thread in a forum that is OPEN discussion, and maybe he needs to learn a little about how ANY site on ANY topic works. His BULLSHIT that RDP is ALL boat related is a total and complete farse. Anybody that has EVER visited that shit hole knows better.

However, I don't think you would go on a physics site and ask how hot is HOT, or a artist site and ask how blue is this?

The best you can do is exactly what YOU did, and ask, always keeping in mind, the more people you ask, the more answers you will get. One thing I learned long ago, ask 4 riggers what they think, and you get 5-6 opinions. Engine builders are even worse.
But each and every boat and its application is different.