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

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

2. Arrr! 13mm times 3

3. Ya scallywag! Begad! 18mm times 1

4. Avast! 24mm times 1

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

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

1 1/2" X 6' streamer. Begad! Blimey!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

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

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

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

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. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

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

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

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

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