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

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

2. 13mm times 3

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

4. Begad! Ya scallywag! 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. Aye aye! Ya scallywag!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

04/11/98Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Good flight, me bucko, ejection/separation, and glide. Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down!

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

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

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

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

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

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

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Good boost, shiver me timbers, but then strange things happened. Well, blow me down! Blimey! It first appeared that t' shock line had become entangled in the fuselage, arrr, but then t' pieces untangled and t' glider came in at an extreme (about 45 degree) angle. Begad! Well, me bucko, blow me down! It buried t' nose end o' t' glider into t' soft dirt about 1/2". Begad! Blimey! Upon inspection o' t' glider, shiver me timbers, 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. Aye aye! Flawless flight from boost to glide.

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