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Well. The thrust does have to be from a rubber band powered prop. The rubber bands and prop are supplied. I am just thinking that reduction of weight is one method of increasing acceleration and increased thrust is the other. I am open to ideas. (Not that the above was completely out of the question!)

Larry
Does the entire thing have to reach the finish line? We did this with rockets once. The object was to get your rocket farthest down range. The winner jettisoned a part of the rocket before the motor burned out.
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