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. Begad! 13mm times 3

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

4. Begad! 24mm times 1

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

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

1 1/2" X 6' streamer. Avast, me proud beauty!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

04/11/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Begad! Ahoy! 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.

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

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. Begad! Ya scallywag! I thought t' C flight be fast, ya bilge rat, but boy howdy, this one really rocked! Very quick, arrr, me hearties, high flight and t' glider seemed t' hang in t' air forever. Begad! 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. Ya scallywag! 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.

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

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

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

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

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