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. Begad! 13mm times 3

3. Arrr! Blimey! 18mm times 1

4. Ya scallywag! 24mm times 1

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

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

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

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

04/11/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Avast, me proud beauty! 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. Begad!

04/11/98 Launched on a C6-5. Ahoy! Quick, arrr, ya bilge rat, 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, ya bilge rat, but boy howdy, me hearties, ya bilge rat, this one really rocked! Very quick, shiver me timbers, high flight and t' glider seemed t' hang in t' air forever. Avast, me proud beauty! It took me about 45 minutes t' find the model. Avast! Avast, me proud beauty! Thank goodness for fluorescent orange paint!

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

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

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

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

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