Auxillary Motors

I drag a 5 gal bucket off ea stern cleat trollin' lead-core...drops about 1 mph (gps) off forward speed...problem w/flaps as I remember from years ago is loss of steering response.... :P...maybe they've improved 'em...
 
Mac, I am considering somthing similar to your kicker bracket. Does is tilt up and out of the way for running and where did you get it?
 
In the up position it will not tilt forward hits the transon. Seakindly and brian helped me greatly with the install. I'm looking for their earlier posts. Here's three photos that may help. Bill Mc ;D

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Thanks that looks exactly like what I am looking for. I just hope having a bracket will keep it out of the water.
 
You'll need the up and down motion. My skeg on the 9.8 still drags a little and you can't really tilt the motor forward.
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I second what Mac said. I have the same or similar mount that has the up and down motion and the skeg and prop still scrape the water when I take off. I can tilt my motor forward a bit though to alleviate the dragging a bit.
 
I got to put my 2 cents in if you put a spacer between the transom and the bracket you can tilt it forward enough so it don't drag mine has 2  2by 6 blocks on it
 
In my experience using the main motor as a rudder with no connection to the kicker just works OK.  The response isn't as quick as it is when you have a connection.  I bought an EZ Steer to connect the two.  This way you get the still get the benifit of using the main motor as a rudder, but you also have the thrust from the kicker motor pushing you in the right direction.  You have to be sure to get the right size (follow the directions on their home page), but once it's installed, it allows perfect steering from the helm.  It also expands and contracts so you can tilt one or both of the motors without disconnecting.  Here's a link to Cabelas, where I got mine:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/t...030613010974a&type=product&cmCat=search_redir
 
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