Hi,
This may be my first venture into scale.

Got a call yesterday advising that two Model Tech SE5a fuses were in need of a new lease on life.....sitting in a local segunda (2nd hand outlet). Well I had to drive over and take a look.. one box with label fore I D . Both fuses still in plastic with cowls. Both have 3 broken balsa sticks on side just aft of rear cockpit bulkhead and small rips in covering. Nothing else. $12 for two fuses!

The challenge begins. Downloaded owners manual which gives me some idea hardware and found costs for replacement parts, (That's not going to be a route for wings @ $60 each) . If I could find out a little bit more about the plane and kit in particular, maybe they could be be bashed together with help from my scratch builder friends.

I have prepared a spreadsheet with SE5a data from Funaero 60" model and Funaero 80" 'gasser', and Dynaflite 64" 1/5 scale kit, and some data from the Model Tech 49.5" manual/site.

If some owners could furnish some additional info, just maybe, I can get these to fly.
For the various models:
1) What is the spar height in the wings? Estimate Model Techs at 1.125"
2) Are the wings the same span and chord, if so what measurements ( to outer rib)
3) What is the vertical seperation distance between the wings? Various comments in threads but no definitive measurements. A figure relating to the span of the wing, like percentage of span, might be helpful.
4) What percent of the wing surface is aileron? your model full scale?
5) What diameter tires/wheels came with your model?
6) What are the dimensions of your hor. and vert. stab as percent of wing area? (It seems that the fuse length to span is high and the percentages for stabs are on high side of guideline I'm familar with.)