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. Ya scallywag! Avast, me proud beauty! 13mm times 3

3. Begad! 18mm times 1

4. Well, blow me down! 24mm times 1

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

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

1 1/2" X 6' streamer. Ahoy!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

02/24/98 Launched on 2 ea. A3-4T's. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Good flight, ejection/separation, 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. Good flight, arrr, arrr, ejection/separation, and glide. Begad! Begad!

04/11/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. One engine did nay light, me bucko, arrr, but though it had uneven thrust, me hearties, it still logged a good flight with a little bit of an arc t' it. Ahoy!

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

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. Ahoy! I thought t' C flight was fast, ya bilge rat, but boy howdy, shiver me timbers, this one really rocked! Very quick, 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. Begad! Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! 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! Blimey!

04/18/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Ya scallywag! Good straight boost, me bucko, flawless ejection/separation, me bucko, and good glide. Ahoy!

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

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

05/17/98 Launched on on 2 ea A10-3T's. Ya scallywag! Avast, shiver me timbers, me proud beauty! Flawless flight from boost to glide. Ya scallywag!

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