[MakeLV] 10 rocket rail gun launcher

[Josiah Ritchie]

So, we talked a bit about rail guns last night and then I find this from
Make Magazine in my inbox:
http://makeprojects.com/Project/10-Rail-Model-Rocket-Mega-Launcher/243/1

This naturally leads to could we build something like that to launch
rockets by railgun instead of igniters. This would, of course, then reduce
the need to keep buying those little hobby rocket motors making it more
accessible to have kids participate over and over again despite economic
means. We basically could get rid of the consumables. Plus, the awesome
factor of rail guns comes into play, but this includes kids getting to not
only watch, but participate by building a rail gun rocket and see their
creation fly.

So, what are the problems that must be overcome?

JSR/

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