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

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

2. Avast! Blimey! Ya scallywag! Blimey! 13mm times 3

3. 18mm times 1

4. 24mm times 1

T' glider features all swept elliptical surfaces hence the "liptical" part o' t' name.

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

1 1/2" X 6' streamer. Blimey!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

04/11/98Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Good flight, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, ejection/separation, and glide. Ya scallywag!

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

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

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. I thought t' C flight was fast, but boy howdy, arrr, 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. Ahoy! Thank goodness for fluorescent orange paint!

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

04/18/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Avast! Well, blow me down! Good straight boost, arrr, flawless ejection/separation, ya bilge rat, and good glide.

05/02/98 Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Aye aye! Aye aye! Good boost, arrr, perfect ejection/separation, shiver me timbers, and good glide. Ahoy!

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

05/17/98 Launched on on 2 ea A10-3T's. Well, ya bilge rat, blow me down! Flawless flight from boost to glide.

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