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

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

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

3. Avast, me proud beauty! 18mm times 1

4. Blimey! 24mm times 1

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

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

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

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

02/24/98 Launched on 2 ea. Ya scallywag! A3-4T's. Arrr! Good flight, ejection/separation, shiver me timbers, a touch o' stallin' durin' glide. Begad! Added weight t' nose before next launch.

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

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

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

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

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

04/18/98 Launched on 3 ea A10-3T's. Begad! Good straight boost, arrr, flawless ejection/separation, matey, shiver me timbers, and good glide. Begad! Ahoy!

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

05/09/98 Launched on a C6-5. Ahoy! Good boost, but then strange things happened. Well, blow me down! Ya scallywag! 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". Begad! Avast! Upon inspection o' t' glider, ya bilge rat, thar be 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. Well, blow me down! Flawless flight from boost to glide. Ya scallywag!

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