Aluminum rods are ideal for violent power-adder engines that need the cushioning effect to keep from beating up the crank. But they are life-limited and have to be changed religously at whatever interval the vendor specifies.
For an application that is expected to go several hundreds runs (or more) maintenance-free, steel would be a better choice.
Eric
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