Re:Freaking simpletons should not have million$ (Score 1)

I think your calculations are a bit of. Unless the rings dont stop accelerating you when you reach the top of the mountain. Lets be generous and give you a 10 km tracklength. 10.000m = 1/2*a*t*t = 1/2*V*t with V being needed velocity of about 7km/s this would give t=3 aproximately and an acceleration of over 2000m/(s*s) (sorry never got the hang of squares here) which is 200g.

Lets make it interesting and give you a tracklength of 1000 km (600 mi or so) this still gives an acceleration of 2.4g .

I hope you understand a little better why such mechanisms arent used, its only nice for an initial boost up to mach 1 or so.