Launch rail concept

We’ve put together a concept design for the launch rail for the Martlet 1 rocket. The rail concept has a 6m truss tower, standing on a base made from standard scaffolding tubes. The tower stands on a hinged plate, that is raise and lowered using guy ropes and winches. The base is held into the ground with ground screws and has adjustable height feet to set the launch angle. The tower will have additional guy ropes to keep it straight when the rocket motor ignites. Along the side of the truss runs a rexroth extrusion that will guide aerodynamically profiled lugs on the rocket.