But the bottom line is that rusty is rusty.



Agreed...but if it took 30 years to rust out the back of the longerons on
your new float equipped Bearhawk to the point of them being unsafe, since
they are .049" 4130 - but it would take 100 years to do the same thing to
..063 1010 --that might be enough to tip the scales if the weight differance
was 20 pounds or so...

OK, I'll admit it...I made the longerons on my MoHawk out of 1/2 x.032
4130 too, just like the plans say...but there are MANY things I'd do
differently if I was starting over...like start with a set of Bearhawk plans
for instance;^}