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. Avast! 13mm times 3

3. 18mm times 1

4. 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. Well, blow me down!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

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

04/11/98 Launched on a C6-5. Quick, 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 be fast, me hearties, but boy howdy, shiver me timbers, this one really rocked! Very quick, high flight and t' glider seemed t' hang in t' air forever. Aye aye! 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. Aye aye! Blimey! Good boost, but t' Keelhaul®©™® shock line got tangled up in t' fuselage behind t' win' for a Red Barron. Begad! No damage to t' model. Well, blow me down!

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

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

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Avast! Good boost, but then strange things happened. Avast, me proud beauty! It first appeared that t' shock line had become entangled in the fuselage, 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". Aye aye! Upon inspection o' t' glider, thar was a piece of recovery waddin' (Estes type) clingin' t' one o' t' wings near t' fuselage. Ya scallywag!

05/17/98 Launched on on 2 ea A10-3T's. Flawless flight from boost to glide. Begad! Blimey! Avast! Blimey!

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