Mine is angled up quite a bit compared to hermco/etc.
One of the reasons I went this way instead of a hermco was I didn't want a hull extension, thus more water surface area and drag. Also, I think this puts the motor in cleaner water. At rest, it seems that the back of the boat is a little higher than it was when I had the motor on the transom. I think the floation chamber on the Armstrong excedes the weight of the bracket, and offsets the motor a little.
