I don’t think that’s particularly unusual. I vaguely remember a similar looking
one out at Woomera on hummm… range head E? It was 25 years ago since I was last
at that range head so it might have been another. IIRC there was a series of
Black Brant IVs launched from that rail in 95. I think the sounding rocket
rails which hydraulically lift the rail c/w rocket from horizontal to
vertical(ish) tend to be structurally supported by an I or H or RHS or whatever
section but I could be mistaken there.
Troy
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Nice looking rocket!
Out of curiosity, what is the reason for the solid looking launch rail instead
of the usual truss?
Ivan
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