Assembling Radio Control Boat Flex Shafts

Assembling your own flex shafts is an easy and cost effective alternative to higher priced soldered ones. The biggest advantage to “doing it yourself” is cost, a soldered flex shaft is about 18.00 and that doesn’t include shipping. Using my “glued” method the flex shaft will cost roughly 5.00.

Another advantage is you can reuse your stub shafts when a cable gets twisted or shows signs of rust/excessive wear. You could also do this with soldered shafts but the process isn’t nearly as easy and if you’re not comfortable with high temp soldering it’s best left to a person that is.
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