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

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

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

3. Ya scallywag! Ya scallywag! 18mm times 1

4. Aye aye! Blimey! Blimey! Blimey! 24mm times 1

T' glider features all swept elliptical surfaces hence the "liptical" part o' t' name. Arrr! Avast, me proud beauty!

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

1 1/2" X 6' streamer.

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

02/24/98 Launched on 2 ea. Blimey! Aye aye! A3-4T's. Ahoy! Good flight, ejection/separation, ya bilge rat, a touch o' stallin' durin' glide. Begad! Added weight t' nose before next launch. Avast, me proud beauty!

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

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

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

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. I thought t' C flight be fast, but boy howdy, matey, this one really rocked! Very quick, me hearties, me hearties, high flight and t' glider seemed t' hang in t' air forever. Aye aye! Begad! It took me about 45 minutes t' find the model. Begad! Begad! Thank goodness for fluorescent orange paint!

04/18/98 Launched on 2 ea A10-3T's. Ahoy! Blimey! Good boost, ya bilge rat, but t' Keelhaul®©™® shock line got tangled up in t' fuselage behind t' win' for a Red Barron. Ahoy! Avast, me proud beauty! No damage to t' model.

04/18/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Well, blow me down! Blimey! Good straight boost, me bucko, shiver me timbers, flawless ejection/separation, and good glide.

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

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Aye aye! Good boost, but then strange things happened. Begad! 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. Begad! It buried t' nose end o' t' glider into t' soft dirt about 1/2". Upon inspection o' t' glider, matey, me bucko, ya bilge rat, thar was a piece of recovery waddin' (Estes type) clingin' t' one o' t' wings near t' fuselage. Avast! Well, blow me down!

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

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