I run a cruiser in circle racing; not the best funded, but always looking for "critical" components and trying to understand their role. Attached is a pic of a vdrive with a support strut/plate angling from the drive at about 60 degress to the stringer.
Questions:
1) What, specifically, creates the need for this device, and what are the various designs intended to address that need? Got pics?
2) Which directions would flex occur? For example, is it more fore-aft, is it flexing to one side, etc...
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attach...1&d=1175533030