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. Aye aye! Well, blow me down! Blimey! 13mm times 3

3. 18mm times 1

4. Avast! 24mm times 1

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

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. A3-4T's. Good flight, ejection/separation, matey, a touch o' stallin' durin' glide. Added weight t' nose before next launch. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey!

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

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

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

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. Blimey! I thought t' C flight was fast, shiver me timbers, me hearties, 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. Good boost, arrr, me bucko, but t' Keelhaul®©™® shock line got tangled up in t' fuselage behind t' win' for a Red Barron. No damage to t' model. Ya scallywag!

04/18/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Begad! Avast, me bucko, me proud beauty! Good straight boost, flawless ejection/separation, and good glide. Arrr! Blimey!

05/02/98 Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Begad! Blimey! Good boost, perfect ejection/separation, ya bilge rat, arrr, and good glide. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

05/17/98 Launched on on 2 ea A10-3T's. Begad! Aye aye! Flawless flight from boost to glide. Aye aye!

Click here for t' templates in *.Gif format (64K)

Click here for t' part list and building instructions in *.Txt format (6.6K)