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About Me:: NOVAAR (Northern Virginia Association of Rocketry), NVNTRAK (Northern Virginia N-TRAK), recent member of SEARS (SouthEast Alabama Rocketry Society), in process of joining MDRA (Maryland-Delaware Rocketry Association)

My Interests:: model rocketry (low- through high-power), model railroads, electronic widgetry, software gadgetry, astronomy

Check out the music video (yes, you heard it right) for the Phoenix Mars probe. Go to this link to view it.

Posted on August 28, 2007 at 12:00am

At 2:19pm on August 26, 2007, Thomas Rackers said…: The song "Arigatou!" (Thank You!) is one of the theme songs from the anime Bleach. Someday I'll add here a link to the English translation. Delete Comment

At 2:57pm on August 26, 2007, Greg Lane said…: Hi Tom Welcome to Our Planet. I like your shirt!

At 8:02pm on August 26, 2007, Darrell Mobley said…: Hello, Tom, welcome to Our Planet! I hope have as much fun as I'm having with it.

At 9:06pm on February 8, 2008, Thomas Rackers said…: I'm slowly getting going on my NAR Level 3 project. I haven't revealed its name or paint scheme yet, but it'll probably be a 4FNC, 10 feet long and 6" diameter, flown on an M1550R with a Walston tracking transmitter onboard. I'm hoping to be ready to fly it at Red Glare V this fall.

At 11:08am on November 19, 2008, Skycopp said…: Weren't you at Red Glare 5? I thought I saw that you had a large project going up.

At 2:36pm on November 19, 2008, Skycopp said…: Awesome... can't wait to see it. Join up with the MDRA group that I created today. Since, I'm one of the few people who goes to the meetings I can let you know when RG6 might be.

At 7:37am on November 20, 2008, Skycopp said…: ARg... am at work and can't view the video...... Will have to do it when I get home tonight.

At 10:16am on November 20, 2008, Thomas Rackers said…: I guess I need to update the info on my Level 3 project. It's a 10-foot long, 6-inch diameter 4FNC rocket named Aurora Borealis, will do its cert flight on an AT M1297W motor, and will be equipped with:
* a Walston tracking transmitter in the nose;
* (probably) a ADS-B transponder in the payload section;
* four high-intensity white LED strobes, one on the trailing edge of each fin, for tracking during descent.
Apogee will be somewhere between 9 and 10 kilofeet.

At 5:37pm on November 20, 2008, Skycopp said…: Wow, thats going pretty high. Be sure to post details on how you build those strobes. I would be interested in seeing that.