Gents,
Thanks for all of the comments, thoughts and feedback...just what I was interested in hearing. I had a chance at school to talk with a retired aerospace engineer (worked for Boeing). His take was to center them (option b). Many of you were right on target as was one of the "Skunk Works" or Kitfox South engineers (Thanks Bill).

The most important thing to do while centering them is to make certain that each side (both right and left struts) are done precisely the same. As you can imagine, if one side is up or down a little more than the opposite side...you could be building an unwanted roll into the ship.

Thanks again