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

1. Arrr! Avast, matey, me proud beauty! 13mm (Estes mini or "T" engines) times 2

2. Begad! 13mm times 3

3. 18mm times 1

4. 24mm times 1

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

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

1 1/2" X 6' streamer. Avast! Blimey!

Mod-U-Liptical Flight History Report:

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

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

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. Arrr!

04/11/98 Launched on a C6-5. Quick, shiver me timbers, ya bilge rat, high boost with *very* long glide time. Well, blow me down! Blimey! (did nay have a stopwatch though)

04/11/98 Launched on a D12-5. Begad! I thought t' C flight was fast, but boy howdy, ya bilge rat, 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. Blimey! Thank goodness for fluorescent orange paint!

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

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

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

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

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

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