Congrats on you rnew purchase! Welcome to the club.
You should take a look at the literature in the support section of this website. Look at the H14 literature and at teh rudder literature to get an idea of how everything works. Plus, read through the forums. You will find answers to almost everything.
I will try to give a quick answer to your questions:
1) you lock the rudders down by pushing down on the tillers after the blades have rotated to the full down position.
2) They will unlatch when they run into the ground or something pulls them up from the bottom of the blade. This is true if your rudder mechanisms are working properly and your rudder kick up tension is set correctly. Lost of info on this in the literture on this site.
3) The plastic cams (latches) are easy to remove. You should drill the existing pins out and replace them with the new rudder cam kit in the Hobie catalog. This is one of those purchases it is better to make before you need to. I replace mine and keep the old cams as a spare. The pin is replaced by a pair of screws that come off fairly easily. This "upgrade" can mean a small inconvinience (sp?) while replaceing the cam, or the end of you sailing day.
5) I traielr my cat with the rudders up and latched. They will fall into the correct position if you lift them high enough. I do tie or bungie them to the hulls to keep the from swinging or falling down while trailering.
I hope this helps and I am sure there are others in this forum who have more/better advice than me.
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