Looking to replace the front wing tube in my spare nose… it’s a bit on the heavy side. What would be considered normal / acceptable? Current tube is 1.125” in dia. with a .100 wall and it appears to be cold rolled steel… weighs about 5#. Some options:
Cold rolled .100 wall is about 1.04 # per Ft. (what I have)
4130 .058” about .75#
4130 .035” about .40#
2024 aluminum .095 about .37#.
" “ “ .065 about .26#.
Guess I could pull my good nose apart, but before I do I thought I see what the norm is.