Originally posted by coaster992001
well, superman the escape uses lims and that goes 100, and just look how far the technology has gone from there! superman: 0-100 in 7 secs, volcano: 0-50 in 2 (first launch) so its not out of the question.
S:TE has LSMs. A slightly different version of LIMs. BUT it takes S:TE about 7 seconds to get to 100 MPH and still, it hasn't gone that fast in a while plus its never open.
Volcano only gets you to 72 MPH using 2 launches.
Plus on top of that, LIMs are loud when not covered and look ugly with all the power cables and whatnot.
Compressed Air would work. The only problem is S&S hasn't proven its Trust air as good yet since reliabltiy is a problem with them *cough*Hypersonic*cough*.
Compressed Air does have cables. Its more or less a S&S tower put on the ground with the cables attached to a catch car.