Questions tagged [rocket-sled]
A sled propelled by a chemical rocket along a fixed track, used to test vehicles and equipment under high acceleration.
3 questions
3
votes
1
answer
135
views
Falcon 9's theoretical horizontal performance
Roughly how fast would Falcon 9 accelerate, and what would its payload's final speed be, if mounted horizontally on an ideal cart? Make simplifying assumptions as needed: massless frictionless cart, ...
- 12.3k
3
votes
1
answer
343
views
What barriers are there to creating a reusable rocket sled lanchpad? [duplicate]
The ideal rocket sled launch is building a track that accelerates a rocket (via linear motors or something like that) up the side of a tall mountain. Not only could this save huge amounts of fuel, but ...
- 218
13
votes
3
answers
3k
views
What would make a rocket sled launch feasible?
Wikipedia introduces the idea of a Rocket Sled Launch (also catapult launch, ramped launch, etc) as follows:
With this concept the launch vehicle is supported by an eastward pointing rail or maglev ...
- 594