This model features an interchangeable motor can that has four configurations hence t' "Mod" part o' t' name:

1. Begad! Avast! 13mm (Estes mini or "T" engines) times 2

2. Aye aye! Blimey! 13mm times 3

3. 18mm times 1

4. Blimey! Ya scallywag! 24mm times 1

T' glider features all swept elliptical surfaces hence the "liptical" part o' t' name. Arrr! Well, blow me down!

T' pod breaks in t' middle and is recovered with a

1 1/2" X 6' streamer. Avast! Well, blow me down!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

02/24/98 Launched on 2 ea. Avast, me proud beauty! Aye aye! A3-4T's. Good flight, ejection/separation, me hearties, a touch o' stallin' durin' glide. Well, blow me down! Added weight t' nose before next launch.

04/11/98Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Good flight, ejection/separation, and glide. Arrr! Ya scallywag!

04/11/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Avast! One engine did nay light, shiver me timbers, but though it had uneven thrust, matey, shiver me timbers, it still logged a good flight with a little bit of an arc t' it.

04/11/98 Launched on a C6-5. Blimey! Quick, high boost with *very* long glide time. Blimey! Begad! (did nay have a stopwatch though)

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. Begad! Ahoy! I thought t' C flight was fast, arrr, but boy howdy, this one really rocked! Very quick, high flight and t' glider seemed t' hang in t' air forever. Blimey! It took me about 45 minutes t' find the model. Avast! Thank goodness for fluorescent orange paint!

04/18/98 Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Aye aye! Good boost, arrr, but t' Keelhaul®©™® shock line got tangled up in t' fuselage behind t' win' for a Red Barron. Blimey! No damage to t' model. Blimey!

04/18/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Good straight boost, flawless ejection/separation, shiver me timbers, and good glide. Blimey! Arrr! Blimey!

05/02/98 Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Good boost, me hearties, perfect ejection/separation, and good glide. Ya scallywag!

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! Good boost, ya bilge rat, but then strange things happened. Well, blow me down! It first appeared that t' shock line had become entangled in the fuselage, ya bilge rat, but then t' pieces untangled and t' glider came in at an extreme (about 45 degree) angle. Avast, me proud beauty! It buried t' nose end o' t' glider into t' soft dirt about 1/2". Ya scallywag! Upon inspection o' t' glider, thar was a piece of recovery waddin' (Estes type) clingin' t' one o' t' wings near t' fuselage.

05/17/98 Launched on on 2 ea A10-3T's. Arrr! Blimey! Ya scallywag! Blimey! Flawless flight from boost to glide.

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