i'm planning on making my aquacraft hammer ep my project for over the winter. i'm going to turn it into a surface drive. i was planning on just using the same setup as the aquajet, with a straight drive shaft going out the transom without a strut, just fiberglass the stuffing tube in. i'm doing this because i want to run the rudder inline with the prop and i can't find any hardware thats inline. i was going to use a 4mm shaft and hook it to the motor with a flex connector. i had it all planned out and such, then i thought of flex cables.

if i were to use a .130 octura flex cable system from offshore, then would i be able to run this same setup. i know i'd need different diameter stuffing tube and a different connector, but otherwise would it work? what do i do with the 3/16 prop shaft? can it run in the stuffing tube too or would i have to buy a strut.

any help is greatly appreciated,
jarrod