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

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

2. Arrr! 13mm times 3

3. Arrr! 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.

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

05/02/98 Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Good boost, perfect ejection/separation, and good glide. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty!

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

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