An update: when I was working on the cruise missiles and I was a machinist cutting airfoils on wings, the wings were folded into the fuselage, swinging forward. At deployment, the wings would fold back into position. In my research last night, I learned this is no longer the case. The cruise missiles of today have wings that swing forward at deployment. When watching a video and researching the tomahawk II, I learned that they are launched out of a torpedo tube. They go submerged a ways to help conceal the location of the submarine. Once they reach the surface, a solid fuel booster fires, the shrouds come away and the tail fins come out for guidance and stability. Once boost phase is over, the booster falls off, the air-intake for the jet engine deploys and the wings swing out. At least, this is the way a number of websites have described it. Accurate information, I do not know. For building a boost glider, I imagine the tail fins are in place for stability and lift. Maybe a canard would be good also to keep the glider from stalling. (Retractable for launch?) Once the rocket reaches apogee, the wings (and canards) deploy for your glinding protion. If the wings were swung forwards, and swing back for deployment, the aerodynamic drag would help deployment, and the mechanism, in theory, could be lighter in weight. The wings would not have to be as strong, therefore not as heavy because they are not deployed during boost phase. I am sure this is all quite obvious to you. This may be a project for the fall and winter when yard work does not require so much time and the days are shorter.

Sorry for disappearing, but I had some health issues that kept me preoccupied. The difference between a boost glider and a rocket glider is that the boost glider pops a pod with motor as Warren described. The rocket glider keeps everything on-board. The working difference between the two is that there is usually a mechanical mechanism that moves the CG--with the rocket glider, either the wings swing out or forward to shift the CG. It's easier to jettison a pod than shift the CG in the other ways. The thing with the Estes Falcon is that as a rocket glider it shot out the motor to shift the CG which isn't allowed anymore. Even the Predator Drone can use an Aerotech M2500 for R.A.T.O. While I don't know for sure, I am assuming that the drone has carbon fiber or some composite combination in its wings. If anyone could build a composite wing to withstand any stress, it's Warren. More on this when I can.