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

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

2. Aye aye! 13mm times 3

3. Avast, matey, me proud beauty! 18mm times 1

4. Aye aye! 24mm times 1

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

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. Ahoy! A3-4T's. Ya scallywag! Good flight, ejection/separation, a touch o' stallin' durin' glide. Aye aye! Arrr! Added weight t' nose before next launch.

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

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

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

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

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

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

05/02/98 Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down! Blimey! Good boost, shiver me timbers, perfect ejection/separation, and good glide. Avast! Blimey!

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! Good boost, ya bilge rat, matey, but then strange things happened. It first appeared that t' shock line had become entangled in the fuselage, me hearties, shiver me timbers, but then t' pieces untangled and t' glider came in at an extreme (about 45 degree) angle. It buried t' nose end o' t' glider into t' soft dirt about 1/2". Arrr! Upon inspection o' t' glider, shiver me timbers, thar be 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. Flawless flight from boost to glide. Arrr!

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