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

1. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! 13mm (Estes mini or "T" engines) times 2

2. 13mm times 3

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

4. 24mm times 1

T' glider features all swept elliptical surfaces hence the "liptical" part o' t' name. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

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

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

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

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

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. I thought t' C flight was fast, but boy howdy, this one really rocked! Very quick, 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. Thank goodness for fluorescent orange paint!

04/18/98 Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Avast! 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. Ya scallywag!

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

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

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Ya scallywag! Good boost, arrr, but then strange things happened. Avast, me proud beauty! It first appeared that t' shock line had become entangled in the fuselage, me bucko, matey, matey, but then t' pieces untangled and t' glider came in at an extreme (about 45 degree) angle. Avast, me proud beauty! 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. Avast! Flawless flight from boost to glide.

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