Originally Posted by SASless
Arch,
You did come up with an interesting concept for a bit there.....I am not sure I would like to have been around for the first test firing!
Short rocket burn but lordy what a smashing finish! The results would be measured on the Richter Scale somewhere near Burbank.
SASLess you remind me. There was a trial in Germany for an F104 zero length launch. This was the ultimate RATOG.
IRC the setup was not unlike a V1 launch rail.