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

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

2. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! 13mm times 3

3. Avast! 18mm times 1

4. Aye aye! 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. Aye aye!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

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. Begad!

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

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

04/18/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Ahoy! Good straight boost, arrr, ya bilge rat, flawless ejection/separation, me hearties, and good glide. Well, blow me down!

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

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

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

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