Visit a Pietenpol fly in or a barnstormer’s get together and you’ll find that flying scrap heaps are a thing…
I’ve scavenged parts from smashed up RVs and Glassairs that don’t offend my Fly Baby…
Fact is, there are many mixtures of components that simply can’t predict the compatibility in the Experimental field. As experimental, time will tell as you test your own set up.
The state of the industry isn’t the state of the hobby.