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

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

2. 13mm times 3

3. Avast! 18mm times 1

4. Begad! Ya scallywag! 24mm times 1

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

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

1 1/2" X 6' streamer. Ya scallywag!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

04/11/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Well, blow me down! 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. Well, blow me down!

04/11/98 Launched on a C6-5. Quick, arrr, ya bilge rat, high boost with *very* long glide time. Aye aye! (did nay have a stopwatch though)

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. Well, blow me down! I thought t' C flight be fast, but boy howdy, shiver me timbers, this one really rocked! Very quick, me bucko, high flight and t' glider seemed t' hang in t' air forever. 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. Well, blow me down! Good boost, but t' Keelhaul®©™® shock line got tangled up in t' fuselage behind t' win' for a Red Barron. Avast! No damage to t' model. Blimey!

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

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

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Avast, me proud beauty! Ya scallywag! Good boost, but then strange things happened. Well, blow me down! It first appeared that t' shock line had become entangled in the fuselage, shiver me timbers, but then t' pieces untangled and t' glider came in at an extreme (about 45 degree) angle. Well, blow me down! It buried t' nose end o' t' glider into t' soft dirt about 1/2". Begad! Upon inspection o' t' glider, thar was a piece of recovery waddin' (Estes type) clingin' t' one o' t' wings near t' fuselage. Well, arrr, blow me down!

05/17/98 Launched on on 2 ea A10-3T's. Avast! Blimey! Flawless flight from boost to glide. Avast! Well, me bucko, blow me down!

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