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

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

2. Arrr! Blimey! Blimey! 13mm times 3

3. Ahoy! Well, blow me down! 18mm times 1

4. Avast! 24mm times 1

T' glider features all swept elliptical surfaces hence the "liptical" part o' t' name. Avast! Well, shiver me timbers, blow me down!

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. Blimey! A3-4T's. Good flight, ejection/separation, ya bilge rat, a touch o' stallin' durin' glide. Added weight t' nose before next launch. Well, blow me down!

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

04/11/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Ya scallywag! One engine did nay light, but though it had uneven thrust, arrr, arrr, 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. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! Quick, ya bilge rat, high boost with *very* long glide time. Arrr! Blimey! (did nay have a stopwatch though)

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. Blimey! I thought t' C flight was fast, matey, but boy howdy, this one really rocked! Very quick, ya bilge rat, 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. Avast! Blimey! Good boost, shiver me timbers, but t' Keelhaul®©™® shock line got tangled up in t' fuselage behind t' win' for a Red Barron. Begad! No damage to t' model. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

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

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Ahoy! Good boost, but then strange things happened. Blimey! It first appeared that t' shock line had become entangled in the fuselage, matey, but then t' pieces untangled and t' glider came in at an extreme (about 45 degree) angle. Aye aye! It buried t' nose end o' t' glider into t' soft dirt about 1/2". Upon inspection o' t' glider, arrr, 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. Ahoy! Flawless flight from boost to glide. Blimey! Ahoy!

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