Here's how much stronger carbon fiber is compared to steel in one GIF

Here's how much stronger carbon fiber is compared to steel in one GIF

What you’re looking at is a carbon fiber drive shaft and a steel drive shaft being twisted with force until they break. As you can see in this torque test between the two, the carbon fiber shaft doesn’t budge (that’s not a still image, folks) while the steel shaft cork screws itself and becomes deformed under the same amount of twisting pressure. Gnarly.

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