Flex drive question

[kendt]

Does anyone use actual steel cable for flex shafts. Im wondering if its a good option to allow a 3.5 cc outboard leg to handle higher power motors. Since the 7.5cc legs are much harder to find, at least for reasonable cost. A 3/16 steel cable would be much stronger than the same size flez shaft no?

[m4a1usr]

If your asking about wire "rope" then the answer is no, it will not work well. Its not wound or layed in a fashion to support torsion forces. Its meant to be be used in tension.

John